Ceratophya
Introduction '''''Ceratophya''''' is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species. They are distinct from ''Microdon'' by the presence of an appendix on vein R4+5.Many species have erroneously been placed in this genus. Some authors place ''Ceratophya'' as a subgenus of ''Microdon''.
Biology Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution Distribution is Neotropical.
Species There are five known species as of 2013:*''C. argentinensis'' Reemer, 2013*''C. carinifacies'' (Curran, 1934)*''C. notata'' Wiedemann, 1824*''C. panamensis'' (Curran, 1930)*''C. scolopus'' (Shannon, 1927)
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