Metadon taprobanicus

Metadon taprobanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Flies
Suborder:	Aschiza
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Metadon
Species:	M. taprobanicus
Binomial name
Metadon taprobanicus (Keiser, 1958)

Distribution

Oriental

REFERENCES

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• Hull, F.M. Additional species of Microdon in the British Museum (Natural History). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1944)

• Keiser, F. 1958. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Syrphidenfauna von Ceylon (Dipt.). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 65: 185-239.

• Knutson, L.V., Thompson, F.C. & Vockeroth, J.R. 1975. Family Syrphidae. In: Delfinado, M.D. & Hardy, D.E. (eds.), Catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region 2: 307-374.

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• 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.

• 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