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Syrphidae
Paramicrodon delicatulus Hull
Nomenclature
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Tribe: MicrodontiniGenus: Paramicrodon
Species:
Paramicrodon delicatulus Hull
SUMMARY
This species differs from Microdon flukei Curran in the general bluish purple color, as well as other particulars. Pile above antennae on vertex and occiput silvery, narrowly black below ocelli in the front. The antennae are wholly orange, whereas they are brown in flukei with a black third joint. Abdomen unicolorous purplish, with the basal red color of flukei.