Microdon violaceus

Microdon violaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Flies
Suborder:	Aschiza
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Microdon
Species:	M. violaceus
Binomial name
Microdon violaceus (Macquart, 1842)

Diagnosis

Subgenus: Microdon

Distribution

Chile

REFERENCES

• Curran, C.H. 1931. Additional records and descriptions of Syrphidae from the Malay Peninsula. J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 16: 290-338. [1931

• Hironaga, Teruhiko & Munetoshi Maruyama. 2004 The myrmecophilous hoverfly genus Microdon (Diptera, Syrphidae, Microdontinae) in Hokkaidô, Japan, with descriptions of four new species. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series A (Zoology) 30(2)

• 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.