Archimicrodon
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Syrphidae
- Genus: Archimicrodon
Visual Description
Archimicrodon species exhibit the characteristic body form of the subfamily Microdontinae. Based on observations of museum specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, these flies typically possess a robust, often metallic or dark-colored body.[1] The head is generally broad, and the antennae are distinct, often showing variation in length among species.[1] The wings are typically clear or slightly infuscated, with venation patterns characteristic of the genus.[1]
General Information
Archimicrodon is a genus of hoverflies within the family Syrphidae, specifically classified under the subfamily Microdontinae.[2] The genus was established by Hull in 1945.[3] Taxonomic revisions have been conducted to better understand the classification and diversity of the Microdontinae, which includes Archimicrodon.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Archimicrodon constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Menno Reemer; Gunilla Ståhls. Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys. 2013. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.288.4095.
- ↑ Archimicrodon Hull - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/2ACF480A4C933F932A1F3E4AE5360692. Accessed 2026-07-14.