Ceriomicrodon is a genus of hoverflies. The only known species, Ceriomicrodon petiolatus, lives in the Brazilian 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]

Ceriomicrodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Ceriomicrodon
Hull, 1937[1]
Species:
C. petiolatus
Binomial name
Ceriomicrodon petiolatus
Hull, 1937[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Frank M. Hull (1937). "New species of exotic syrphid flies" (PDF). Psyche. 44 (1–2): 12–32. doi:10.1155/1937/46960.
  2. ^ 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3.
  3. ^ Miranda, G. F. C. (2014). "Ceriomicrodon petiolatus Hull, 1937 (Diptera, Syrphidae, Microdontinae): Redescription and new records" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3846 (4): 584–590. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.7. PMID 25112269.