Megodon

Megodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Microdon
Subgenus:	Megodon ; Keiser, 1971
Type species
	Megodon stuckenbergi ; Keiser, 1971

Last updated December 18, 2025

Megodon is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Microdon . It is native to Madagascar, and contains only two known species.^[1]Microdon stuckenbergi has an unusual scutellum.^[2] Larvae are found in ant nests.

Species

There are 2 species described in Megodon:^[1]

M. planitarsus Keiser, 1971
M. stuckenbergi (Keiser, 1971)

References

1 2 Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.288.4095 . PMC 3690914 . PMID 23798897.
↑ 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" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Zootaxa. 1879. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334 . Retrieved 2009-09-11.

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[Reemer2013-1] 1 2 Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.288.4095 . PMC 3690914 . PMID 23798897.

[Cheng2008-2] 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" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Zootaxa. 1879. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334 . Retrieved 2009-09-11.

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