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]
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

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.
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.
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.
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. Tokyo: National Science Museum, Tokyo. 30 (4): 173–179.[permanent dead link]