Paragodon
| Paragodon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Paragodon Thompson, 1969[1] |
| Species: | P. paragoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Paragodon paragoides Thompson, 1969 | |
Paragodon paragoides is a small (4–5 mm) hoverfly which differs from other hoverflies by its simple male genitalia, and was accordingly considered the most primitive microdontine species.[2] It is the sole member of the genus Paragodon, as the other known species was removed to a separate genus, Surimyia.
Biology
[edit]Distribution
[edit]They are native to South America.[2]
References
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- ↑ Thompson, F. Christian (1969). "A New Genus of Microdontine Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with Notes on the Placement of the Subfamily" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 76 (1): 74–85. doi:10.1155/1969/62102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- 1 2 Cheng, Xin-Yue; Thompson, F. Christian (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. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.