| Ceriomicrodon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Ceriomicrodon Hull, 1937 |
| Species: | C. petiolatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceriomicrodon petiolatus Hull, 1937[1] |
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Ceriomicrodon is a genus of hoverflies. There is only one known species, Ceriomicrodon petiolatus, which lives in Matto Grosso, Brazil. Only 3 specimens have ever been collected.[2] Its biology is poorly known, but it is assumed that the larvae feed as scavengers in the nests of ants.