Syrphipogon is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Microdon. There are two known species.[2] They are very large microdontine flies of about 25 mm. They have a deeply sulcate scutellum and a facial mystax. They are mimics of the large bees of the genus Eulaema.[3]
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Syrphipogon is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Microdon. There are two known species. They are very large microdontine flies of about 25 mm. They have...
Africa. Larvae are found in ant nests. There are two species described in Syrphipogon: M. fucatissimus (Hull, 1937) M. gaigei Steyskal, 1953 Nearctic: Microdon...
Keiser, 1971 M. (Microdon) Meigen, 1803 M. (Myiacerapis) Hull, 1949 M. (Syrphipogon) Hull, 1937 Mixogaster Macquart, 1842: NE NT Nothomicrodon Wheeler, 1924:...