Metadon is a genus of hoverfly containing 43 species. Most of the species were originally described in the genus Microdon.[1]

Metadon
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Metadon
Reemer, 2013[1]
Type species
Microdon wulpii
Mik, 1899

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
  2. ^ Gilasian, Ebrahim; Reemer, Menno; Parchami-Araghi, Mehrdad (2015). "The first southwest Asian record of the subfamily Microdontinae, and the description of a new species of Metadon Reemer from Iran (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Zootaxa. 4058 (1): 112–118. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.6. PMID 26701510.