Paramixogaster

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Paramixogaster
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Microdontinae
Genus:
Paramixogaster

Brunetti, 1923
Type species
Mixogaster vespiformis
Brunetti, 1923
Synonyms
  • ParamixogasteroidesShiraki, 1930
  • Tanaopicera Hull, 1945

Paramixogaster is a genus of hoverflies, with fewer than 30 known species. [1] [2] Paramixogaster has an appendix on vein R4+5 that is absent in Mixogaster . [1]

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Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests, or otherwise in association with ants. [2]

Distribution

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

Species

References

  1. 1 2 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN   1175-5334 . Retrieved 2009-09-11.
  2. 1 2 3 Reemer M, Sankararaman H (2024) Revision of the Oriental species of the hoverfly genus Paramixogaster Brunetti, 1923 (Diptera, Syrphidae, Microdontinae). ZooKeys 1208: 1-48. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1208.122829
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