Stipomorpha

There are 25 myrmecophilous species in this genus. Sternites 2 and 3 separated by unusually wide membraneous parts, about as wide as tergite 2 medially or wider (may be hard to see in dry specimens). Aedeagus unfurcate.

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List of Stipomorpha and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution
Stipomorpha apicula	Curran, 1930	ants	Neotropical: Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama
Stipomorpha crematogastri	Reemer, 2013	Crematogaster	Brazil
Stipomorpha dichromata	Reemer, 2013	ants	Brazil
Stipomorpha elcopala	Reemer, 2013	ants	Costa Rica, Honduras
Stipomorpha fallax	Reemer, 2013	ants	Costa Rica, Panama
Stipomorpha fraudator	Shannon, 1927	ants	Neotropical
Stipomorpha goettei	(Shannon, 1927)	ants	Neotropical: Brazil
Stipomorpha guianica	Curran, 1925	ants	Neotropical: Brazil, Guiana, Suriname
Stipomorpha inarmata	Curran, 1925	ants	Neotropical
Stipomorpha lacteipennis	Shannon, 1927	ants	Neotropical
Stipomorpha lanei	Curran, 1936	ants	Neotropical: Peru, Brazil, Venezuela
Stipomorpha litoralis	Papavero, 1964	ants	Neotropical: Brazil
Stipomorpha mackiei	Curran, 1940	ants	Neotropical: Suriname, Brazil, Peru
Stipomorpha maculipennis	Reemer, 2013	ants	Argentina
Stipomorpha mendax	Reemer, 2013	ants	Suriname, Ecuador
Stipomorpha micromidas	Shannon, 1925	ants	Neotropical: Costa Rica, Brazil, Panama
Stipomorpha mixta	Curran, 1940	ants	Neotropical
Stipomorpha panamana	Reemer, 2013	ants	Panama
Stipomorpha puerilis	Doesburg, 1966	ants	Neotropical
Stipomorpha simillima	Hull, 1950:	ants	Neotropical
Stipomorpha spuria	Reemer, 2013	ants	Suriname
Stipomorpha tenuicauda	Curran, 1925	ants	Neotropical: Ecuador, Costa Rica, French Guiana
Stipomorpha trigoniformis	Shannon, 1927	ants	Neotropical
Stipomorpha wheeleri	Mann, 1928	Crematogaster torosa	Neotropical: Panama
Stipomorpha zophera	Reemer, 2013	ants	Ecuador, French Guyana

REFERENCES

• Cheng, Xin-Yue; Thompson, F. Christian (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1879: 21–48.

• Curran, C.H. 1925. New American Diptera. II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 16: 338-354.

• Curran, C.H. 1930. New Syrphidae from Central America and the West Indies. American Museum Novitates 416, 11 pp

• Curran, C.H. 1940. Some new Neotropical Syrphidae (Diptera). American Museum Novitates 1086, 14 pp.

• Mann, W.M. (1928) A new Microdon from Panama. Psyche 35: 168-170.

• Meijere, J.C.H. de 1908. Studien über sudostasiatische Dipteren. III. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 51: 191-332, pls. 7-8. [1908.12.31]

• Reemer, Menno, 2013, Taxonomic exploration of Neotropical Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) mimicking stingless bees, pp. 1-88 in Zootaxa 3697 (1) on pages 49-51

• 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.

• Shannon, R.C. 1925. Some American Syrphidae (Diptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 27: 107-112.

• 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.