Microdon abstrusus

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Syrphidae
Microdon abstrusus
M. abstrusus lateral holotype
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Microdon
Species:
M. abstrusus
Binomial name
Microdon abstrusus
Thompson, 1981

Microdon abstrusus (Thompson, 1981),[1] the hidden ant fly, is a rare and local species of syrphid fly observed in central Pennsylvania. Hoverflies can remain nearly motionless in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found on flowers though microdon species are seldom seen around flowers. Larvae have been noted in Formica exsectoides ant nests.[2]

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