Mixogaster

Mixogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Mixogaster; Macquart, 1842
Type species
	; Macquart, 1842
Synonyms
	Myxogaster Kertész, 1910; Myxogaster Shiraki, 1930;

Mixogaster is a genus of hoverflies native to North America and South America,^[1] with 21 known species.^[2] Mixogaster is distinct by lacking an appendix on vein R4+5, having a reduced and bare metasternum, an unarmed scutellum, and usually an appendix on vein M extending in cell R4+5.^[1] Larvae are found in ant nests.

Species[]

(Walker, 1849)
M. breviventris Kahl, 1897
Hull, 1954
Macquart, 1842
Curran, 1932
Hull, 1954
Johnston, 1924
Giglio-Tos, 1892
Hull, 4[3]^[3]
Thompson, 2004^[3]
Hull, 1941
Carrera & Lenko, 1958
Carrera & Lenko, 1958
Macquart, 1846
Hull, 1944
Hull, 1944
Hull, 4[3]^[3]
Shannon, 1925
Hull, 4[3]^[3]
Hull, 1941
Hull, 1954

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). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
^ Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Marinoni, Luciane; Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Flower flies of southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae) Part I. Introduction and new species". Studia dipterologica. 10 (2): 565–578. ISSN 0945-3954.

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[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). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.

[Reemer2013-2] Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.

[Marinoni-3] Marinoni, Luciane; Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Flower flies of southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae) Part I. Introduction and new species". Studia dipterologica. 10 (2): 565–578. ISSN 0945-3954.

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