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Metadon
This genus of myrmecophilous syrphidae contain 43 species. Larvae are found in ant nests.
| Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metadon achterbergi | Reemer, 2013 | ants | Oriental: Vietnam |
| Metadon aethiopicus | (Róndani, 1873) | ants | Eritrea |
| Metadon albofascia | (Hull, 1944) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon annandalei | (Brunetti, 1907) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon apicalis | (Walker, 1858) | ants | Indonesia: Aru Islands |
| Metadon apis | (Speiser, 1913) | ants | South Africa |
| Metadon appendiculatus | (Curran, 1929) | ants | Afrotropical |
| Metadon aureomagnificus | (Hull, 1944) | ants | Afrotropical |
| Metadon auricinctus | (Brunetti, 1908) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon auroscutatus | (Curran, 1928) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon bicolor | (Sack, 1922) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon bicoloratus | (Hull, 1944) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon bifasciatus | (Matsumura, 1916) | ants | China, Japan, Korea |
| Metadon brunneipennis | (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007) | ants | Palearctic |
| Metadon captum | (Speiser, 1913) | ants | Afrotropical: South Africa |
| Metadon erythrocephalus | (Bezzi, 1915) | ants | Afrotropical |
| Metadon flavipes | (Brunetti, 1908) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon fulvicornis | (Walker, 1858) | ants | Australian/Oceanian |
| Metadon fulvipes | (Meijere, 1908) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon fuscicornis | (Sasakawa, 1960) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon fuscus | (Meijere, 1908) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon inappendiculatus | (Curran, 1929) | ants | Afrotropical |
| Metadon inermis | (Loew, 1858) | ants | Afrotropical |
| Metadon modesticolor | (Hull, 1944) | ants | Afrotropical |
| Metadon montis | (Keiser, 1958) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon mydas | (Bezzi, 1915) | ants | Afrotropical |
| Metadon mynthes | (Séguy, 1953) | ants | Afrotropical |
| Metadon pallidus | (Bezzi, 1915) | ants | Afrotropical |
| Metadon pendelburyi | (Curran, 1931) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon persicus | Gilasian & Reemer, 2015 | ants | Iran |
| Metadon pingliensis | (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007) | ants | Palearctic |
| Metadon pretiosus | (Curran, 1931) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon punctulatus | (Wiedemann, 1824) | ants | Afrotropical |
| Metadon robinsoni | (Curran, 1928) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon ruficaudus | (Brunetti, 1907) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon rugosus | (Bezzi, 1915) | ants | Afrotropical |
| Metadon rutiliventris | (Vockeroth, 1975) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon rutilus | (Keiser, 1952) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon sacki | (Goot, 1964) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon spuribifasciatus | (Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007) | ants | Palearctic |
| Metadon squamipennis | (Brunetti, 1923) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon taprobanicus | (Keiser, 1958) | ants | Oriental |
| Metadon wulpii | (Mik, 1899) | ants | Oriental |
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- Curran, C.H. 1929. Nineteen new Diptera from Africa. American Museum Novitates 340, 15 pp.
- Curran, C.H. 1931. Additional records and descriptions of Syrphidae from the Malay Peninsula. J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 16: 290-338.
- Curran CH (1947) A fissicorn syrphid fly from Brazil (Diptera). American Museum Novitates 1347: 1–2.
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- Gilasian, Ebrahim; Reemer, Menno; Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad (2015). "The first southwest Asian record of the subfamily Microdontinae, and the description of a new species of Metadon Reemer from Iran (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Zootaxa. 4058 (1): 112–118. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.6
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