Paramixogaster

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Syrphidae
Paramixogaster
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Paramixogaster
Brunetti, 1923
Type species
Mixogaster vespiformis
Brunetti, 1923
Synonyms
  • Paramixogasteroides Shiraki, 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]

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

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