Paramicrodon

There are eight myrmecophilous species in this genus. They differ from Microdon by their short antennae and the lack of appendices on vein R4+5. Larvae are found in ant nests. They are native to Oriental, Australian, and Neotropical regions.

List of *Paramicrodon* and their Host Ants
Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution
Paramicrodon cinctellus	(Sack, 1926)	ants	Philippines
Paramicrodon delicatulus	Hull, 1937	ants	Cuba
Paramicrodon flukei	Curran, 1936	ants	Brazil
Paramicrodon lorentzi	Meijere, 1913	ants	Papua Indonesia
Paramicrodon miranda	(Herve-Bazin, 1926)	ants	Indo-China
Paramicrodon nigripennis	(Sack, 1922)	ants	China, Thailand
Paramicrodon novus	Hull, 1937	ants	Philippines
Paramicrodon toxopei	Meijere, 1929	ants	Indonesia: Buru

REFERENCES

Hervé-Bazin, J. 1926. Syrphides de l'Indo-Chine Francaise. Encyclopédie Entomologique (B) II Diptera 3: 61-110.

Hull, F.M. 1937. New species of exotic syrphid flies. Psyche 44: 12-32, pl. 2.

Meijere, J.C.H. de 1913. Dipteren I. Résultats de l'Expédition Scientifique Néerlandaise …à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1907 et 1909 sous les auspices de Dr. H. A. Lorentz. Nova Guinea 9 (Zool.): 305-386, pl. 10.

Meijere, J.C.H. de 1929. Fauna Buruana. Syrphiden nebst einigen Brachyceren Orthorrhaphen. Treubia 7: 378-387.

Reemer, M. & G. Stahls 2013. Phylogenetic relationships of Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Systematic Entomology 38 (4): 661-688.

Reemer, M, Stahs, G. 2013. Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys 288:1-213.

Sack, P. 1922. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Syrphiden II (Dipteren). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 87(A): 258-276.

Sack, P. (1926). Syrphiden (Dipteren) von den Philippinen und Malaya. Philippine J. Sci.