Ceratophya Explained

Ceratophya is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species. They are distinct from Microdon by the presence of an appendix on vein R4+5.^[1] Many species have erroneously been placed in this genus. Some authors place Ceratophya as a subgenus of Microdon.

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

Distribution is Neotropical.

Species

There are five known species as of 2013:^{[2] [3]}

• C. argentinensis Reemer, 2013^[3]
• C. carinifacies (Curran, 1934)
• C. notata Wiedemann, 1824
• C. panamensis (Curran, 1930)
• C. scolopus (Shannon, 1927)^[2]

Notes and References

1. Cheng . Xin-Yue . Thompson . F. Christian . 2008 . A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China . . 1879 . 21–48 . Magnolia Press . New Zealand . 1175-5334 . PDF Adobe Acrobat . 2009-09-11 . 10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3 . free .
2. Menno . Reemer. Gunilla. Ståhls. 2013. Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys. 288. 1–213. 10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. 23798897. 3690914. free.
3. Menno. Reemer. 2013. Taxonomic exploration of Neotropical Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) mimicking stingless bees. Zootaxa. 3697. 1. 1–88. 10.11646/zootaxa.3697.1.1. 26079022. free.