Ceratophya is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species. They are distinct from Microdon by the presence of an appendix on vein R4+5. Many species have erroneously been placed in this genus. Some authors place Ceratophya as a subgenus of Microdon.
Biology Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution Distribution is Neotropical.
Species There are five known species as of 2013: C. argentinensis Reemer, 2013 C. carinifacies (Curran, 1934) C. notata Wiedemann, 1824 C. panamensis (Curran, 1930) C. scolopus (Shannon, 1927)
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