Chymophila Explained

Chymophila is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Microdon. It was previously considered to be exclusively Neotropical,^[1] but is now also known from the Nearctic and Oriental realms, and one species is known from Japan. Chymophila was based on a composite type species: the holotype is a body of C. fulgens with the head of a conopid glued on.^[1]

Species

There are 33 species described in Chymophila:^[2]

Nearctic:

• Microdon fulgens Wiedemann, 1830 (Synonyms: Microdon euglossoides Gray, 1832; Chymophila splendens Macquart, 1834)

Neotropical:

• Microdon angulatus Hull, 1943
• Microdon argentinae Hull, 1937
• Microdon aurifacius Hull, 1937
• Microdon barbiellinii Curran, 1936
• Microdon bruchi Shannon, 1927
• Microdon cyaneiventris Macquart, 1846 (Synonym: Aphritis cyanoventris Williston, 1886 (misspelling))
• Microdon cyaneus Perty, 1833
• Microdon emeralda Hull, 1943
• Microdon flavoluna Hull, 1943
• Microdon histrio Wiedemann, 1830
• Microdon inaequalis Loew, 1866
• Microdon instabilis Wiedemann, 1830 (Synonyms: Aphritis dives Rondani, 1848; Microdon aurifex Wiedemann, 1830; Microdon trochilus Walker, 1852)^[2]
• Microdon limbatus Wiedemann, 1830
• Microdon marceli Curran, 1936
• Microdon nero Curran, 1936
• Microdon nestor Curran, 1940
• Microdon opulentus Bigot, 1883
• Microdon pulcher Williston, 1887
• Microdon shannoni Curran, 1940
• Microdon splendens Wiedemann, 1830
• Microdon stramineus Hull, 1943
• Microdon superbus Wiedemann, 1830
• Microdon tigrinus Curran, 1940
• Microdon willistoni Mik, 1899 (Synonym: Microdon inermis Williston, 1888 (nec Loew, 1858))

Oriental:

• Microdon aenoviridis Curran, 1931
• Microdon baramus Curran, 1942
• Microdon beatus Curran, 1942
• Microdon latiscutellaris Curran, 1931
• Microdon lativentris Meijere, 1921 (Synonym: Microdon grandis Curran, 1928)
• Microdon lundura Curran, 1942
• Microdon stilboides Walker, 1849

Palaearctic:

• Microdon katsurai Maruyama & Hironaga, 2004^[3]

Notes and References

1. 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 . . 1879 . 21–48 . 10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3 .
2. Menno. Reemer. 2014. A review of Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Surinam, with a key to the Neotropical genera. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 157. 1. 27–57. 10.1163/22119434-00002035. free.
3. Maruyama . Munetoshi . Hironaga . Teruhiko . December 22, 2004 . Microdon katsurai, a New Species of Myrmecophilous Hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Japan, Associated with Polyrhachis lamellidens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) . Bulletin of the National Science Museum . 30 . 4 . A . 173–179 . National Science Museum, Tokyo . Tokyo .