Peradon Explained

Peradon is a genus of hoverfly from the Neotropical realm, containing 31 species. Many of the species were originally described in the genus Microdon.

Species

Species in Peradon include:^{[1] [2]}

• Peradon angustiventris (Macquart, 1855)
• Peradon angustus (Macquart, 1846)
• Peradon aureoscutus (Hull, 1943)
• Peradon aureus (Hull, 1944)
• Peradon aurifascia (Hull, 1944)
• Peradon aurigaster (Hull, 1941)
• Peradon ballux Reemer in Reemer, Skevington & Kelso, 2019^[2]
• Peradon bidens (Fabricius, 1805)
• Peradon bispina (Hull, 1943)
• Peradon brevis Reemer in Reemer, Skevington & Kelso, 2019^[2]
• Peradon chrysopygus (Giglio-Tos, 1892)
• Peradon costaricensis Reemer in Reemer, Skevington & Kelso, 2019^[2]
• Peradon diaphanus (Sack, 1921)
• Peradon elongata (Hull, 1943)
• Peradon fenestratus (Hull, 1943)
• Peradon flavipennis (Curran, 1925)
• Peradon flavofascium (Curran, 1925)
• Peradon hermetia (Curran, 1936)
• Peradon hermetoides (Curran, 1940)
• Peradon luridescens (Walker, 1857)
• Peradon niger (Williston, 1891)
• Peradon normalis (Curran, 1925)
• Peradon notialus Reemer in Reemer, Skevington & Kelso, 2019^[2]
• Peradon oligonax (Hull, 1944)
• Peradon palpator Reemer in Reemer, Skevington & Kelso, 2019^[2]
• Peradon pompiloides Reemer in Reemer, Skevington & Kelso, 2019^[2]
• Peradon satyricus Reemer, 2014^[1]
• Peradon sciarus Reemer, 2014^[1]
• Peradon surinamensis Reemer in Reemer, Skevington & Kelso, 2019^[2]
• Peradon trilinea (Hull, 1943)
• Peradon trivittatum (Curran, 1925)

The following are synonyms of other species:^[2]

• Peradon flavomarginatum (Curran, 1925): synonym of Peradon bidens (Fabricius, 1805)
• Peradon langi (Curran, 1925): synonym of Peradon bidens (Fabricius, 1805)

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Reemer. Menno. Skevington. Jeffrey H.. Kelso. Scott. 2019. Revision of the Neotropical hoverfly genus Peradon Reemer (Diptera, Syrphidae, Microdontinae). ZooKeys. 896. 1–93. 10.3897/zookeys.896.36493. 31844412. 6908515. free.