Kryptopyga
There are two myrmecophilous species in this genus. Vein R4+5 with posterior appendix. Postpronotum pilose. Propleuron bare. Mesonotal transverse suture incomplete. Tergites 3 and 4 not fused, able to articulate independently. Anepisternum widely bare of pile (but with microtrichia) medially, also on dorsal half. Male basoflagellomere with long pile.
Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
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Kryptopyga pendulosa | Hull, 1944 | ants | Oriental: Java | |
Kryptopyga sulawesiana | Reemer, 2013 | ants | Oriental: Sulawsesi |
REFERENCES
- Reemer, M. & G. Stahls 2013. Phylogenetic relationships of Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Systematic Entomology 38 (4): 661-688.
- 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