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Genus Laetodon

fly - Laetodon laetus Laetodon Small little fly - Laetodon Pretty little fly - was quite small - Laetodon Fly with reddish metallic abdomen - Laetodon laetus Laetodon laetus? - Laetodon laetus Shiny fly - Laetodon Microdon - Laetodon
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 Laetodon
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
accommodates some spp. formerly in the Microdon(1)
Explanation of Names
Laetodon Reemer 2013
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, 5 total(1)
nearctic spp. not yet in the guide: L. laetoides Curran 1935, L. solitarius Curran 1930, L. violens Townsend 1895
Size
6–9 mm(1)
Range
4 nearctic and one neotropical species(1)
Works Cited
1.Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)
Reemer M., Ståhls G. 2013. ZooKeys 288: 1–213.
Contributed by v belov on 19 April, 2013 - 11:57am
Last updated 19 April, 2013 - 2:17pm

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