Myiacerapis

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| parent = Myiacerapis

| taxon = Microdon villosus

| parent_authority = Hull, 1949

| authority = Bezzi, 1915

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Myiacerapis is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Microdon. It contains only one species, Microdon villosus.{{cite journal|first1=Menno |last1=Reemer|first2=Gunilla|last2=Ståhls|year=2013|title=Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)|journal=ZooKeys|issue=288|pages=1–213|doi=10.3897/zookeys.288.4095|pmid=23798897|pmc=3690914|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |author=Xin-Yue Cheng & F. Christian Thompson |year=2008 |title=A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1879 |pages=21–48 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3 |url=http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01879p048.pdf |doi-access=free }} It is native to Uganda, though an undescribed species is known from South Africa. Larvae are found in ant nests.

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Category:Insect subgenera

Category:Microdontinae

Category:Diptera of Africa

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