Ptilobactrum
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| Ptilobactrum | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Ptilobactrum Bezzi, 1915 |
| Species: | P. neavei
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| Binomial name | |
| Ptilobactrum neavei Bezzi, 1915
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Ptilobactrum is a genus of hoverflies, with one known species, Ptilobactrum neavei.[1] They have very broad heads and their basoflagellomeres are elongate and densely pilose in males.[2]
Biology
[edit | edit source]Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]P. neavei is native to the African tropics.[2]
References
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