<strong>Six new species of <em>Microdon</em> Meigen from Madagascar (Diptera: Syrphidae)</strong>

MENNO REEMER; SANDER BOT

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4034.1.6

Issue: Vol. 4034 No. 1: 28 Oct. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-10-28

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.1.6

Page range: 127–147

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**Six new species of Microdon Meigen from Madagascar (Diptera: Syrphidae)**

MENNO REEMER⁺⁻
SANDER BOT⁺⁻

Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherland

Kerklaan 30E, 9751 NN Haren, the Netherlands.

Diptera Microdontinae Afrotropical region species key

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Abstract

Six new species of the myrmecophilous hoverfly genus Microdon Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) are described from Madagascar. Redescriptions are given for the three other Madagascan species of this genus. Keys are presented to the Madagascan genera of the subfamily Microdontinae and to the Madagascan species of Microdon.