Surimyia

Surimyia is a genus of hoverflies, with three known species.[2][3] They are small (4– to 5-mm) microdontine flies.[4] Surimyia is the only hoverfly genus with the katatergum lacking microtrichia. In the subfamily Microdontinae, they are distinctive in the absence of pilosity on the postpronotum.[1]

Surimyia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Microdontinae
Genus:
Surimyia

Reemer, 2008[1]
Type species
Surimyia rolanderi
Reemer, 2008

Biology

Larvae are presumably found in ant nests.

Distribution

They are only known from Suriname.[1][4]

Species
  • S. minutula (van Doesburg, 1966)[1]
  • S. reemeri Carvalho-Filho, 2014[3]
  • S. rolanderi Reemer, 2008[1]

References
  1. Reemer, Menno (2008). "Surimyia, a new genus of Microdontinae, with notes on Paragodon Thompson, 1969 (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Zool. Med. Leiden. Naturalis. 82: 177–188. PDF
  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.
  3. Carvalho-Filho, Fda S (2014). "Description of new species of Surimyia Reemer and Carreramyia Doesburg (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Brazilian Amazon". Zootaxa. 3887 (1): 79–87. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3887.1.5. PMID 25543925.
  4. 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. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1879: 21–48. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
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