Chymophila

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Chymophila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Microdon
Subgenus: Chymophila
Macquart, 1834
Type species
Chymophila splendens
Macquart, 1834
Synonyms[1]

Chymophila is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Microdon. It was previously considered to be exclusively Neotropical,[2] but is now also known from the Nearctic and Oriental realms, and one species is known from Japan.[1] Chymophila was based on a composite type species: the holotype is a body of C. fulgens with the head of a conopid glued on.[2]

Species[edit]

There are 33 species described in Chymophila:[1][3]

Nearctic:

Neotropical:

Oriental:

Palaearctic:

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
  2. ^ a b Xin-Yue Cheng & F. Christian Thompson (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3.
  3. ^ a b Reemer, Menno (2014). "A review of Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Surinam, with a key to the Neotropical genera". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 157 (1): 27–57. doi:10.1163/22119434-00002035.
  4. ^ Maruyama, Munetoshi; Hironaga, Teruhiko (December 22, 2004). "Microdon katsurai, a New Species of Myrmecophilous Hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Japan, Associated with Polyrhachis lamellidens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Science Museum. A. 30 (4). Tokyo: National Science Museum, Tokyo: 173–179.[permanent dead link]