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Hovamicrodon

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Hovamicrodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Archimicrodon
Subgenus: Hovamicrodon
Keiser, 1971
Type species
Hovamicrodon silvester
Keiser, 1971

Hovamicrodon is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Archimicrodon, endemic to Madagascar.[1] Hovamicrodon is distinguished by a particular type of scutellar calcar, being broad and blunt apically.[2]

Species

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The six known species are:

References

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  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. ^ 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.