Metadon apis

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Metadon apis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Flies
Suborder: Aschiza
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Metadon
Species: M. apis
Binomial name
Metadon apis
(Speiser, 1913)

Diagnosis

Description

Distribution

South Africa

Biology

REFERENCES

  • Brunetti, E. Notes on Oriental Syrphidae. Part I. Rec. Indian Mus. (1907-08).
  • Hull, F.M. Additional species of Microdon in the British Museum (Natural History). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1944)
  • Shannon, R.C. 1927. A review of the South American two-winged flies of the family Syrphidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(9)[2658], 34 p.
  • Speiser, P. 1913. Uber einige Syrphiden und zwei fur die Deutsche Fauna -- Clythiiden. Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk 66: 117-146
  • Thompson, C. 2007. Microdon falcatus Williston (Diptera : Syrphidae): A redescription, with lectotype designation and new synonyms. Entomological News 118(May 2007):283-291
  • Williston, S.W. 1887. Synopsis of the North American Syrphidae. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. (1886) 31, xxx + 335 pp, 12 pls