Biology:Ceriomicrodon
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Short description: Genus of flies
| Ceriomicrodon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Ceriomicrodon Hull, 1937[1] |
| Species: | C. petiolatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceriomicrodon petiolatus Hull, 1937[1]
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Ceriomicrodon is a genus of hoverflies. The only known species, Ceriomicrodon petiolatus, lives in the Brazil ian states Mato Grosso, Roraima, Amazonas, Maranhão and Rondônia. Its biology is poorly known, but the larvae are assumed to live in ant nests. Only a few specimens were known of the species[2] until 2014, when the species was redescribed.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frank M. Hull (1937). "New species of exotic syrphid flies". Psyche 44 (1–2): 12–32. doi:10.1155/1937/46960. http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/1937/046960.pdf.
- ↑ 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". Zootaxa 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01879p048.pdf.
- ↑ Miranda, G. F. C. (2014). "Ceriomicrodon petiolatus Hull, 1937 (Diptera, Syrphidae, Microdontinae): Redescription and new records". Zootaxa 3846 (4): 584–590. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.7. PMID 25112269. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03846p590f.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q2748236 entry
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