Chymophila | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
Genus: | Microdon |
Subgenus: | Chymophila Macquart, 1834 |
Type species | |
Chymophila splendens Macquart, 1834
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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]