Chymophila is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Microdon. It was previously considered to be exclusively Neotropical, but is now also known from the Nearctic and Oriental realms, and one species is known from Japan. Chymophila was based on a composite type species: the holotype is a body of C. fulgens with the head of a conopid glued on.
Species There are 33 species described in Chymophila:
Nearctic: Microdon fulgens Wiedemann, 1830 (Synonyms: Microdon euglossoides Gray, 1832; Chymophila splendens Macquart, 1834)
Neotropical: Microdon angulatus Hull, 1943 Microdon argentinae Hull, 1937 Microdon aurifacius Hull, 1937 Microdon barbiellinii Curran, 1936 Microdon bruchi Shannon, 1927 Microdon cyaneiventris Macquart, 1846 (Synonym: Aphritis cyanoventris Williston, 1886 (misspelling)) Microdon cyaneus Perty, 1833 Microdon emeralda Hull, 1943 Microdon flavoluna Hull, 1943 Microdon histrio Wiedemann, 1830 Microdon inaequalis Loew, 1866 Microdon instabilis Wiedemann, 1830 (Synonyms: Aphritis dives Rondani, 1848; Microdon aurifex Wiedemann, 1830; Microdon trochilus Walker, 1852) Microdon limbatus Wiedemann, 1830 Microdon marceli Curran, 1936 Microdon nero Curran, 1936 Microdon nestor Curran, 1940 Microdon opulentus Bigot, 1883 Microdon pulcher Williston, 1887 Microdon shannoni Curran, 1940 Microdon splendens Wiedemann, 1830 Microdon stramineus Hull, 1943 Microdon superbus Wiedemann, 1830 Microdon tigrinus Curran, 1940 Microdon willistoni Mik, 1899 (Synonym: Microdon inermis Williston, 1888 (nec Loew, 1858))
Oriental: Microdon aenoviridis Curran, 1931 Microdon baramus Curran, 1942 Microdon beatus Curran, 1942 Microdon latiscutellaris Curran, 1931 Microdon lativentris Meijere, 1921 (Synonym: Microdon grandis Curran, 1928) Microdon lundura Curran, 1942 Microdon stilboides Walker, 1849
Palaearctic: Microdon katsurai Maruyama & Hironaga, 2004
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