Peradon

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There are 31 myrmecophilous species in this Neotropical genus. The genus Peradon Reemer, 2013 (type species: Mulio bidens Fabricius, 1805) was erected to accommodate several Neotropical hoverfly species formerly included in Microdon Meigen, 1803. The morphological diversity of the species makes for a colourful genus. Reemer and Ståhls (2013a) distinguished three morphological species groups in this genus, i.e., bidens group, flavofascium group, and trivittatus group. Representatives of these species groups were recovered together with high support values in a phylogenetic clade based on an analysis of combined molecular and morphological characters (Reemer and Ståhls 2013b). Based on these findings, Peradon is considered to be a monophyletic group restricted to the Neotropics.

The colour patterns of several species seem to mimic those of certain Neotropical aculeates of the families Pompilidae and Vespidae (Hymenoptera).

List of Peradon and their Host Ants
Genus and species Author and Year Ant Host Distribution
Peradon angustiventris (Macquart, 1855) ants Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname
Peradon angustus (Macquart, 1846) ants French Guiana, Suriname
Peradon aureoscutus Hull, 1943 ants Brazil
Peradon aureus (Hull, 1944) ants Ecuador
Peradon aurifascia (Hull, 1944) ants Argentina, Brazil
Peradon aurigaster Hull, 1941 ants Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
Peradon ballux Reemer in Reemer, Skevington & Kelso, 2019 ants Argentina, Brazil
Peradon bidens (Fabricius, 1805) ants Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname
Peradon bispina Hull, 1943 ants Brazil
Peradon brevis Reemer in Reemer, Skevington & Kelso, 2019 ants Ecuador
Peradon chrysopygus (Giglio-Tos, 1892) ants Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico
Peradon costaricensis Reemer in Reemer, Skevington & Kelso, 2019 ants Costa Rica
Peradon diaphanus (Sack, 1921) ants Brazil, Paraguay
Peradon elongatus (Hull, 1943) ants Brazil
Peradon fenestratus Hull, 1943 ants Brazil, French Guiana
Peradon flavipennis (Curran, 1925) ants Guyana
Peradon flavofascium (Curran, 1925) ants Brazil
Peradon hermetia (Curran, 1936) ants Panama
Peradon hermetoides (Curran, 1940) ants Guyana, French Guiana
Peradon luridescens (Walker, 1857) ants Brazil, Peru, Suriname
Peradon niger (Williston, 1891) ants Bolivia, Mexico, Peru
Peradon normalis (Curran, 1925) ants Brazil, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname
Peradon notialus Reemer in Reemer, Skevington & Kelso, 2019 ants Argentina, Brazil
Peradon oligonax (Hull, 1944) ants Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Peradon palpator Reemer in Reemer, Skevington & Kelso, 2019 ants Argentina, Brazil
Peradon pompiloides Reemer in Reemer, Skevington & Kelso, 2019 ants Brazil, Ecuador, Suriname
Peradon satyricus Reemer, 2014 ants Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname
Peradon sciarus Reemer, 2014 ants Colombia, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname
Peradon surinamensis Reemer in Reemer, Skevington & Kelso, 2019 ants Brazil, Suriname
Peradon trilinea (Hull, 1943) ants Brazil, Peru
Peradon trivittatum (Curran, 1925) ants Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

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