Species Microdon fulgens

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Metallic green/bronze fly - Microdon fulgens

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 Chymophila)

Species fulgens (Microdon fulgens)

Explanation of Names

Microdon fulgens Wiedemann 1830

Range

se. US (GA-FL-AR)(1)

Habitat

nests of Polyergus lucidus (slave —Formica schaufussi), Camponotus abdominalis(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.

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 13 September, 2011 - 10:05am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 20 January, 2013 - 9:07pm

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