Surimyia

There are three myrmecophilous species in this genus. They are small (4– to 5-mm) microdontine flies. Surimyia is the only hoverfly genus with the katatergum lacking microtrichia. In the subfamily Microdontinae, they are distinctive in the absence of pilosity on the postpronotum. Larvae are presumably found in ant nests. They are only known from Suriname.

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List of Surimyia and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution
Surimyia minutula	(van Doesburg, 1966)	ants	Suriname
Surimyia reemeri	Carvalho-Filho, 2014	ants	Suriname
Surimyia rolanderi	Reemer, 2008	ants	Suriname

REFERENCES

• Carvalho Filho, Fernando. (2014). Description of new species of Surimyia Reemer and Carreramyia Doesburg (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Zootaxa. 3887. 79-87. 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.1.5.

• Reemer, Menno (2008). "Surimyia, a new genus of Microdontinae, with notes on Paragodon Thompson, 1969 (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Zool. Med. Leiden. Naturalis. 82: 177–188.

• 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.