Carreramyia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Aschiza
Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

Familia:Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Microdontinae
Genus: Carreramyia
Species (5): C. flava – C. jattai – C. megacephalus – C. megacera – C. tigrina
Name

Carreramyia van Doesburg, 1966

Type species: Microdon megacephalus Shannon, 1925: 213
References

Carvalho-Filho, F.D.S. 2014. Description of new species of Surimyia Reemer and Carreramyia Doesburg (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Zootaxa 3887(1): 79–87. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.1.5 Paywall. Reference page.
Reemer, M. 2013. Taxonomic exploration of Neotropical Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) mimicking stingless bees. Zootaxa 3697(1): 1–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3697.1.1 Open access. Reference page.
Reemer, M. & Ståhls, G. 2013. Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys 288: 1–213. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.288.4095 Open access. Reference page.

Carreramyia is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species currently.

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution

Distribution is Neotropical.
Species

C. flava (Sack, 1941)[1]
C. jattai Carvalho-Filho, 2014[2]
C. megacephalus (Shannon, 1925)
C. megacera Reemer, 2013[3]
C. tigrina Reemer, 2013[3]

References

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.
Carvalho-Filho, Fda S (2014). "Description of new species of Surimyia Reemer and Carreramyia Doesburg (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Brazilian Amazon". Zootaxa. 3887 (1): 79–87. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3887.1.5. PMID 25543925.
Reemer, Menno (2013). "Taxonomic exploration of Neotropical Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) mimicking stingless bees". Zootaxa. 3697 (1): 1–88. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3697.1.1. PMID 26079022.