Chymophila

Chymophila is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Microdon. It was previously considered to be exclusively Neotropical,^[2] but is now also known from the Nearctic and Oriental realms, and one species is known from Japan.^[1] Chymophila was based on a composite type species: the holotype is a body of C. fulgens with the head of a conopid glued on.^[2]

Chymophila
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Microdon
Subgenus:	Chymophila Macquart, 1834
Type species
Chymophila splendens Macquart, 1834
Synonyms[1]
Chimophila Osten Sacken, 1875 (misspelling) Eumicrodon Curran, 1925

Species

There are 33 species described in Chymophila:^[1][3]

Nearctic:

• Microdon fulgens Wiedemann, 1830 (Synonyms: Microdon euglossoides Gray, 1832; Chymophila splendens Macquart, 1834)

Neotropical:

• Microdon angulatus Hull, 1943
• Microdon argentinae Hull, 1937
• Microdon aurifacius Hull, 1937
• Microdon barbiellinii Curran, 1936
• Microdon bruchi Shannon, 1927
• Microdon cyaneiventris Macquart, 1846 (Synonym: Aphritis cyanoventris Williston, 1886 (misspelling))
• Microdon cyaneus Perty, 1833
• Microdon emeralda Hull, 1943
• Microdon flavoluna Hull, 1943
• Microdon histrio Wiedemann, 1830
• Microdon inaequalis Loew, 1866
• Microdon instabilis Wiedemann, 1830 (Synonyms: Aphritis dives Rondani, 1848; Microdon aurifex Wiedemann, 1830; Microdon trochilus Walker, 1852)^[3]
• Microdon limbatus Wiedemann, 1830
• Microdon marceli Curran, 1936
• Microdon nero Curran, 1936
• Microdon nestor Curran, 1940
• Microdon opulentus Bigot, 1883
• Microdon pulcher Williston, 1887
• Microdon shannoni Curran, 1940
• Microdon splendens Wiedemann, 1830
• Microdon stramineus Hull, 1943
• Microdon superbus Wiedemann, 1830
• Microdon tigrinus Curran, 1940
• Microdon willistoni Mik, 1899 (Synonym: Microdon inermis Williston, 1888 (nec Loew, 1858))

Oriental:

• Microdon aenoviridis Curran, 1931
• Microdon baramus Curran, 1942
• Microdon beatus Curran, 1942
• Microdon latiscutellaris Curran, 1931
• Microdon lativentris Meijere, 1921 (Synonym: Microdon grandis Curran, 1928)
• Microdon lundura Curran, 1942
• Microdon stilboides Walker, 1849

Palaearctic:

• Microdon katsurai Maruyama & Hironaga, 2004^[4]

References

1. Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
2. Xin-Yue Cheng & F. Christian Thompson (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3.
3. Reemer, Menno (2014). "A review of Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Surinam, with a key to the Neotropical genera". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 157 (1): 27–57. doi:10.1163/22119434-00002035.
4. Maruyama, Munetoshi; Hironaga, Teruhiko (December 22, 2004). "Microdon katsurai, a New Species of Myrmecophilous Hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Japan, Associated with Polyrhachis lamellidens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Science Museum. A. 30 (4). Tokyo: National Science Museum, Tokyo: 173–179.^{[permanent dead link]}