Surimyia
| Surimyia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Surimyia Reemer, 2008[1] |
| Type species | |
| Surimyia rolanderi Reemer, 2008 | |
Surimyia is a genus of hoverflies, with twoknown species. They are small (4– to 5-mm) microdontine flies.[2] 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.[1]
Biology
Larvae are unknown, but probably feed as scavengers in the nest of the ants.
Distribution
They are only know from Suriname.[1][2]
Species
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Reemer, Menno (2008). "Surimyia, a new genus of Microdontinae, with notes on Paragodon Thompson, 1969 (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Zool. Med. Leiden (Naturalis) 82: 177–188. PDF
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cheng, Xin-Yue; Thompson, F. Christian (2008). [ht tp://mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01879p048.pdf "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. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.