Paramicrodon

Paramicrodon is a genus of hoverflies, with eight known species.^[1] They differ from Microdon by their short antennae and the lack of appendices on vein R4+5.^[2]

Paramicrodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Paramicrodon Meijere, 1913
Type species
Paramicrodon lorentzi de Meijere, 1913
Synonyms
Syrphinella Hervé-Bazin, 1926 Myxogasteroides Shiraki, 1930 Nannomyrmecomyia Hull, 1945

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

They are native to Oriental, Australian, and Neotropical regions.^[2]

Species

• P. cinctellus (Sack, 1926)
• P. delicatulus Hull, 1937
• P. flukei Curran, 1936
• P. lorentzi Meijere, 1913
• P. miranda (Herve-Bazin, 1926)
• P. nigripennis (Sack, 1922)
• P. novus Hull, 1937
• P. toxopei Meijere, 1929