Ptilobactrum

Ptilobactrum is a genus of hoverflies, with one known species, Ptilobactrum neavei.^[1] They have very broad heads and their basoflagellomeres are elongate and densely pilose in males.^[2]

Ptilobactrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Ptilobactrum Bezzi, 1915
Species:	P. neavei
Binomial name
Ptilobactrum neavei Bezzi, 1915

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

P. neavei is native to the African tropics.^[2]