Ceriomicrodon

Ceriomicrodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Ceriomicrodon
Hull, 1937
Species: C. petiolatus
Binomial name
Ceriomicrodon petiolatus
Hull, 1937[1]

Ceriomicrodon is a genus of hoverflies. The only one known species, Ceriomicrodon petiolatus, lives in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Only three specimens have ever been collected.[2] Its biology is poorly known, but the larvae are assumed to feed as scavengers in the nests of ants.

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