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Species Microdon scauros

Representative Images

fly - Microdon scauros fly - Microdon scauros

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 scauros (Microdon scauros)

Explanation of Names

Microdon scauros Skevington & Locke 2019

Range

QC(1)

Works Cited

1.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 12 January, 2024 - 4:26pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 27 September, 2025 - 4:06pm

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