Hovamicrodon
| Hovamicrodon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Hovamicrodon Keiser, 1971 |
| Type species | |
| Hovamicrodon silvester Keiser, 1971 | |
Hovamicrodon is a genus of hoverflies endemic to Madagascar. Hovamicrodon is distinguished by a particular type of scutellar calcar, being broad and blunt apically.[1] The four known species are:
- Hovamicrodon flavifacies Keiser, 1971
- Hovamicrodon fuscipennis Keiser, 1971
- Hovamicrodon nubecula Keiser, 1971
- Hovamicrodon silvester Keiser, 1971
References
- ↑ Xin-Yue Cheng & F. Christian Thompson (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF). Zootaxa 1879: 21–48.