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Microdon megalogaster
| Microdon megalogaster | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Flies |
| Suborder: | Aschiza |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Microdon |
| Species: | M. megalogaster |
| Binomial name | |
| Microdon megalogaster Snow, 1896 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Diagnosis
Subgenus: Microdon Large, hairy bee mimics. Color pattern distinctive: "scutum, scutellum, and abdomen to tergite 2 are covered in yellow pile, while tergites 3-5 are covered in black pile." (1)
Description
Distribution
Canada; Ontario, Quebec. United States; Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina, Wisconsin
Biology
Ant host: Formica subsericea, Formica subaenescens
REFERENCES
- Curran, C.H. 1931. Additional records and descriptions of Syrphidae from the Malay Peninsula. J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 16: 290-338. [1931
- Keiser, F. 1952. Syrphidae (Dipt.) von Sumba, Sumbawa, Flores und Timor. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Sumba-Expedition des Museums fur Volkerkunde und des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel, 1949. Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 63: 153-175.
- Mutin, V.A. & Barkalov, A.V. 1999. 62. Fam. Syrphidae - ????. Pp. 342-500. In Lehr, P. A. (ed.), Key to the insects of Russian Far East. Vol. 6. Diptera and Siphonaptera. Part 1. 665 pp. Dal'nauka, Valdivostok.
- Snow, W.A. 1892. Notes and descriptions of Syrphidae. The Kansas University Quarterly 1: 33-38, 1 pl.