Paramixogaster

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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]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Syrphidae
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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
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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

  • P. acantholepidis (Speiser, 1913)
  • P. aphritina (Thomson, 1869)
  • P. brunetti Reemer, 2013 (new name for Mixogaster vespiformis Brunetti, 1913)
  • P. contracta (Brunetti, 1923)
  • P. conveniens (Brunetti, 1923)
  • P. crematogastri (Speiser, 1913)
  • P. daveyi (Knab & Malloch, 1912)
  • P. elisabethae (Keiser, 1971)
  • P. fujianensis Cheng, 2012
  • P. gayi (Paramonov, 1957)
  • P. halmaherensis Reemer, 2024
  • P. icariiformis Pendlebury, 1927
  • P. illucens (Bezzi, 1915)
  • P. indica (Doleschall, 1857)
  • P. jubata Reemer, 2024
  • P. kodaiana Sankararaman & Reemer, 2024
  • P. luxor (Curran, 1931)
  • P. odyneroides (Meijere, 1908)
  • P. omeana (Paramonov, 1957)
  • P. petiolata (Hull, 1944)
  • P. piptota Reemer, 2013
  • P. praetermissa (Ferguson, 1926)
  • P. sacki Reemer, 2013 (new name for Myxogaster variegata Sack, 1922)
  • P. sulawesiana Reemer, 2024
  • P. variegata (Walker, 1852)
  • P. vespiformis (Meijere, 1908)
  • P. yunnanensis Cheng, 2012

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