Archimicrodon
Archimicrodon is a genus of hoverflies. Many of the species in this genus were moved from Microdon by Reemer & Ståhls. Previously, it had been described as having three known species.
Biology
e are found in ant nests.Distribution
All currently known species are found in the Old World tropics.Species
The species are divided into two subgenera: Archimicrodon Frank [Montgomery Hull|Hull], 1945 and Hovamicrodon Keiser, 1971.Subgenus ''Archimicrodon''
- A. ampefyanus
- A. barringtonensis
- A. boharti
- A. brachycerus
- A. brevicornis
- A. browni
- A. caeruleomaculatus
- A. caeruleus
- A. clatratus
- A. clavicornis
- A. fenestrellatus
- A. fergusoni
- A. grageti
- A. incisuralis
- A. investigator
- A. kavitahaius
- A. lanka
- A. liberiensis
- A. limbinervis
- A. luctiferus
- A. malagasicus
- A. malukensis Reemer, 2013
- A. minuticornis
- A. nicholsoni
- A. nigrocyaneus
- A. novaeguineae
- A. obesus
- A. purpurescens
- A. ranavalonae
- A. simplex
- A. simplicicornis
- A. sudanus
- A. tabanoides
- A. tenuifrons
- A. testaceus
- A. varicornis
- A. venosus
- A. vittatus
- ''A. wainwrighti''