Ptilobactrum

Ptilobactrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Ptilobactrum; Bezzi, 1915
Type species
	Ptilobactrum neavei; Bezzi, 1915

Ptilobactrum is a genus of hoverflies, with two known species. They have very broad heads and their basoflagellomeres are elongate and densely pilose in males.^[1]

Biology

Larvae feed as scavengers in the nest of the ants.

Distribution

They are native to African tropics.^[1]

Species

P. neavei Bezzi, 1915

References

^ ^a ^b Cheng, Xin-Yue; Thompson, F. Christian (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Zootaxa. 1879. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 21–48. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.

[Cheng2008-1] Cheng, Xin-Yue; Thompson, F. Christian (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Zootaxa. 1879. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 21–48. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.

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