Archimicrodon

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This genus of myrmecophilous syrphidae contain 45 species. Larvae are found in ant nests. All currently known species are found in the Old World tropics.

List of Archimicrodon and their Host Ants
Genus and species Author and Year Ant Host Distribution Subgenus
Archimicrodon ampefyanus (Keiser, 1971) ants Madagascar Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon barringtonensis (Ferguson, 1926) ants Australia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon boharti (Curran, 1947) ants Solomon Islands Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon brachycerus (Knab & Malloch, 1912) ants Australia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon brevicornis (Loew, 1858) ants South Africa Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon browni (Thompson, 1968) ants Australia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon caeruleomaculatus (Keiser, 1971) ants Madagascar Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon caeruleus (Brunetti, 1908) ants Oriental Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon clatratus (Keiser, 1971) ants Madagascar Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon clavicornis (Sack, 1926) ants Philippines Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon fenestrellatus (Keiser, 1971) ants Madagascar Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon fergusoni (Goot, 1964) ants Australia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon flavifacies (Keiser, 1971) ants Madagascar Hovamicrodon
Archimicrodon fuscipennis (Keiser, 1971) ants Madagascar Hovamicrodon
Archimicrodon grageti (Meijere, 1908) ants Papua Indonesia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon hova (Herve-Bazin, 1913) ants Madagascar Hovamicrodon
Archimicrodon incisuralis (Walker, 1865) ants Papua Indonesia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon investigator (Hull, 1937) ants Philippines Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon kavitahaius (Keiser, 1971) ants Madagascar Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon lanka (Keiser, 1958) ants Sri Lanka Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon liberiensis (Curran, 1929) ants Liberia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon limbinervis (Meijere, 1908) ants Papua Indonesia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon luctiferus (Walker, 1865) ants Papua Indonesia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon malagasicus (Keiser, 1971) ants Madagascar Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon malukensis Reemer, 2013 ants Indonesia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon minuticornis (Curran, 1931) ants Borneo Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon nicholsoni (Ferguson, 1926) ants Australia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon nigrocyaneus (Hull, 1964) ants South Africa Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon novaeguineae (Meijere, 1908) ants Papua Indonesia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon nubecula (Keiser, 1971) ants Madagascar Hovamicrodon
Archimicrodon obesus (Herve-Bazin, 1913) ants Congo Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon purpurescens (Shiraki, 1963) ants Micronesia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon ranavalonae (Keiser, 1971) ants Madagascar Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon silvester (Keiser, 1971) ants Madagascar Hovamicrodon
Archimicrodon simplex (Shiraki, 1930) ants South Korea Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon simplicicornis (Meijere, 1908) ants Indonesia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon sudanus (Curran, 1923) ants Sudan Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon tabanoides (Hull, 1944) ants Australia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon tenuifrons (Curran, 1929) ants Afrotropical Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon testaceus (Walker, 1857) ants South Africa Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon varicornis (Sack, 1926) ants Philippines Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon venosus (Walker, 1865) ants Papua Indonesia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon vittatus (Macquart, 1850) ants Australia Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon vulpicolor (Hull, 1941) ants Madagascar Hovamicrodon
Archimicrodon wainwrighti (Curran, 1938 ants Africa Archimicrodon

REFERENCES

  • Brunetti, E. Notes on oriental Syrphidae with descriptions of new species. Part I. Rec. Indian Mus. (1908)
  • Curran, C.H. 1938. Records and descriptions of African Syrphidae -- I (Diptera). American Museum Novitates 1009, 15 pp.
  • Curran CH (1947) A fissicorn syrphid fly from Brazil (Diptera). American Museum Novitates 1347: 1–2.
  • Ferguson EW (1926a) Revision of Australian Syrphidae (Diptera). Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51: 137–183.
  • Ferguson EW (1926b) Revision of Australian Syrphidae (Diptera). Part II, with a supplement to part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51: 517–544.
  • Hervé-Bazin J (1913) Syrphidae (Dipt.) recueillis au Congo Belge par le Dr. J. Bequaert. III. Genre Microdon Meigen. Revue Zoologique Africaine 3: 96–102.
  • Hull, F.M. 1937. New species of exotic syrphid flies. Psyche 44: 12-32, pl. 2.
  • Keiser, F. 1958. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Syrphidenfauna von Ceylon (Dipt.). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 65: 185-239.
  • Keiser F (1971) Syrphidae von Madagaskar (Dipt.). Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 81: 223–318.
  • Sack, P. Syrphiden (Dipteren) von den Philippinen und Malaya. Philippine J. Sci. (1926).
  • Shiraki, T. 1963. Diptera: Syrphidae. Insects of Micronesia 13: 129-187. [1963.06.14]
  • Thompson FC (1968) A new Australian Microdon with a name change. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 44: 44–46.