Paramixogaster

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Paramixogaster
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Paramixogaster

Brunetti, 1923
Type species

Brunetti, 1923
Synonyms
  • Paramixogasteroides Shiraki, 1930
  • Tanaopicera Hull, 1945

Paramixogaster is a genus of hoverflies, with 25 known species.[1] Paramixogaster has an appendix on vein R4+5 that is absent in Mixogaster.[2]

Biology[]

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution[]

They are native to parts of Asia and Australia.[2]

Species[]

  • (Speiser, 1913)
  • (Thomson, 1869)
  • Reemer, 2013[1] (new name for Mixogaster vespiformis Brunetti, 1913)
  • (Brunetti, 1923)
  • (Brunetti, 1923)
  • (Speiser, 1913)
  • (Knab & Malloch, 1912)
  • (Meijere, 1917)
  • (Keiser, 1971)
  • Cheng, 2012
  • (Paramonov, 1957)
  • Pendlebury, 1927
  • (Bezzi, 1915)
  • (Doleschall, 1857)
  • (Curran, 1931)
  • (Meijere, 1908)
  • (Paramonov, 1957)
  • (Hull, 1944)
  • Reemer, 2013[1]
  • (Ferguson, 1926)
  • Reemer, 2013[1] (new name for Myxogaster variegata Sack, 1922)
  • (Walker, 1852)
  • (Meijere, 1908)
  • Keiser, 1964
  • Cheng, 2012

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  2. ^ 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. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
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