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Genus Microdon


Biology of Microdon fuscipennis (Diptera: Syrphidae) with interpretations of the reproductive strategies of Microdon species...
By Duffield R.M.
Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 83: 716-724, 1981
Full title: Biology of Microdon fuscipennis (Diptera: Syrphidae) with interpretations of the reproductive strategies of Microdon found north of Mexico
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Cocoon mimicry and predation by myrmecophilous Diptera (Diptera: Syrphidae)
By Garnett W.B., Akre R.D., Sehlke G.
Florida Entomologist 68: 615-621, 1985

Revisionary notes on nearctic Microdon flies (Diptera: Syrphidae)
By Thompson F.C.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 83: 725-758, 1981

Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)
By Reemer M., Ståhls G.
ZooKeys 288: 1–213, 2013
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major overhaul of the classification, with 10 new genera described and 267 new combinations; Microdon lost ~60% of its members to other genera

A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China
By Cheng X.-Y., Thompson F.C.
Zootaxa 1879: 21–48, 2008

A classification of the larvae and puparia of the Syrphidae of Illinois exclusive of aquatic forms
By Heiss E.M.
Univ. Ill. Bull. 36: 1‒142, 1938

Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic ranking of pipizine flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with implications for the evol...
By Ximo Mengual, Gunilla Ståhls, & Santos Rojo
Cladistics, 2015

A multigene phylogeny of the eristaline flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), with emphasis on the subtribe Criorhinina
By Kevin Moran et al.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2021