Hovamicrodon Explained

Hovamicrodon is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Archimicrodon, endemic to Madagascar.^[1] Hovamicrodon is distinguished by a particular type of scutellar calcar, being broad and blunt apically.^[2]

Species

The six known species are:

• A. flavifacies (Keiser, 1971)
• A. fuscipennis (Keiser, 1971)
• A. hova (Herve-Bazin, 1913)^[1]
• A. nubecula (Keiser, 1971)
• A. silvester (Keiser, 1971)
• A. vulpicolor (Hull, 1941)^[1]

Notes and References

1. 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.
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 . . 1879 . 21–48 . 10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3 .