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Species Microdon tristis

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Microdontinae
Genus Microdon
No Taxon (subgenus Microdon)
Species tristis (Microdon tristis)
Explanation of Names
Microdon tristis Loew 1864
Range
e. NA (NS-MB to PA-KS) + BC(1)
Habitat
nests of Camponotus pennsylvanicus, C. novaeboracensis(2)
Works Cited
1.Revisionary notes on nearctic Microdon flies (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Thompson F.C. 1981. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 83: 725-758.
2.Biology of Microdon fuscipennis (Diptera: Syrphidae) with interpretations of the reproductive strategies of Microdon species...
Duffield R.M. 1981. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 83: 716-724.