Microdon manitobensis, the Greater Ant Fly, is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.[1][2][3]
| Microdon manitobensis | |
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| M._manitobensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Microdon |
| Species: | M. manitobensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Microdon manitobensis Curran, 1924
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The insect has fawn-colored antennae and a brown head. Its face is whitish, with a black front marked by four grayish-white spots. The thorax is opaque and black, marked on both sides with a yellowish lateral band from the shoulder to the suture, as well as another oblique one on the flanks. The scutellum is yellowish with a blackish center. The abdomen is pale reddish, with the back of the first segment and the posterior borders of the last ones being dark brown. Its legs are yellow with black tips, posterior femora that are dark brown with yellowish pale rings widely distributed over them, posterior tibiae that are black with a broadly paler yellow base, and brownish tarsi. The wings are clear with a broad yellowish base and a narrow apical brown border. translated from J.-M.-F. Bigot.
References
edit- ^ "Microdon manitobensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ "Microdon manitobensis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ "Microdon manitobensis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ Bigot, Jacques-Marie-Frangile (1884). "Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 22e partie, XXXII: Syrphidi (2e partie). espèces nouvelles, No 1er". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 3 (6): 315–356. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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