Mixogaster
Genus of flies
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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.
| Mixogaster | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Mixogaster Macquart, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Mixogaster conopsoides Macquart, 1842 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species
- M. anthermus (Walker, 1849)[3]
- M. breviventris Kahl, 1897[4][5]
- M. cicatrix Hull, 1954[6]
- M. conopsoides Macquart, 1842[7]
- M. cubensis Curran, 1932
- M. currani Hull, 1954[6]
- M. delongi Johnston, 1924[6]
- M. dimidiata Giglio-Tos, 1892
- Mixogaster fattigi (Skevington & Locke, 2019)[8]
- M. flukei Hull, 4[3][9][6]
- M. imitator Thompson, 2004[9]
- M. johnsoni Hull, 1941[6]
- M. lanei Carrera & Lenko, 1958
- M. lopesi Carrera & Lenko, 1958
- M. mexicana Macquart, 1846
- M. orpheus Hull, 1944
- M. pithecofascia Hull, 1944
- M. polistes Hull, 4[3][9][6]
- M. rarior Shannon, 1925[10]
- M. sartocrypta Hull, 4[3][9][6]
- M. strictor Hull, 1941[11]
