Archimicrodon
Introduction '''''Archimicrodon''''' is a genus of hoverflies. Many of the species in this genus were moved from ''Microdon'' by Reemer & Ståhls (2013). Previously, it had been described as having three known species.
Biology Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution All currently known species are found in the Old World tropics.
Species The species are divided into two subgenera: ''Archimicrodon'' Hull, 1945 and ''Hovamicrodon'' Keiser, 1971.===Subgenus ''Archimicrodon''===*''A. ampefyanus'' (Keiser, 1971)*''A. barringtonensis'' (Ferguson, 1926)*''A. boharti'' (Curran, 1947)*''A. brachycerus'' (Knab & Malloch, 1912)*''A. brevicornis'' (Loew, 1858)*''A. browni'' (Thompson, 1968)*''A. caeruleomaculatus'' (Keiser, 1971)*''A. caeruleus'' (Brunetti, 1908)*''A. clatratus'' (Keiser, 1971)*''A. clavicornis'' (Sack, 1926)*''A. fenestrellatus'' (Keiser, 1971)*''A. fergusoni'' (Goot, 1964):= ''A. modestus'' (Ferguson, 1926):= ''A. fergusoni'' (Thompson, 1968)*''A. grageti'' (Meijere, 1908)*''A. incisuralis'' (Walker, 1865)*''A. investigator'' (Hull, 1937)*''A. kavitahaius'' (Keiser, 1971)*''A. lanka'' (Keiser, 1958)*''A. liberiensis'' (Curran, 1929)*''A. limbinervis'' (Meijere, 1908)*''A. luctiferus'' (Walker, 1865)*''A. malagasicus'' (Keiser, 1971)*''A. malukensis'' Reemer, 2013*''A. minuticornis'' (Curran, 1931)*''A. nicholsoni'' (Ferguson, 1926)*''A. nigrocyaneus'' (Hull, 1964)*''A. novaeguineae'' (Meijere, 1908)*''A. obesus'' (Herve-Bazin, 1913)*''A. purpurescens'' (Shiraki, 1963)*''A. ranavalonae'' (Keiser, 1971)*''A. simplex'' (Shiraki, 1930)*''A. simplicicornis'' (Meijere, 1908):= ''A. digitator'' (Hull, 1937)*''A. sudanus'' (Curran, 1923)*''A. tabanoides'' (Hull, 1944)*''A. tenuifrons'' (Curran, 1929)*''A. testaceus'' (Walker, 1857)*''A. varicornis'' (Sack, 1926)*''A. venosus'' (Walker, 1865):= ''A. papuanus'' (Doesburg, 1959)*''A. vittatus'' (Macquart, 1850):= ''A. transiens'' (Walker, 1852):= ''A. pachypus'' (Bigot, 1884)*''A. wainwrighti'' (Curran, 1938)===Subgenus ''Hovamicrodon''===
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