Paramixogaster

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]

Paramixogaster
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Paramixogaster

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

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

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

Species

  • P. acantholepidis (Speiser, 1913)
  • P. aphritinus (Thomson, 1869)
  • P. brunetti Reemer, 2013[1] (new name for Mixogaster vespiformis Brunetti, 1913)
  • P. contractus (Brunetti, 1923)
  • P. conveniens (Brunetti, 1923)
  • P. crematogastri (Speiser, 1913)
  • P. daveyi (Knab & Malloch, 1912)
  • P. decipiens (Meijere, 1917)
  • P. elisabethae (Keiser, 1971)
  • P. fujianensis Cheng, 2012
  • P. gayi (Paramonov, 1957)
  • P. icariiformis Pendlebury, 1927
  • P. illucens (Bezzi, 1915)
  • P. indicus (Doleschall, 1857)
  • P. luxor (Curran, 1931)
  • P. odyneroides (Meijere, 1908)
  • P. omeanus (Paramonov, 1957)
  • P. petiolata (Hull, 1944)
  • P. piptotus Reemer, 2013[1]
  • P. praetermissus (Ferguson, 1926)
  • P. sacki Reemer, 2013[1] (new name for Myxogaster variegata Sack, 1922)
  • P. variegatus (Walker, 1852)
  • P. vespiformis (Meijere, 1908)
  • P. wegneri Keiser, 1964
  • P. yunnanensis Cheng, 2012
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References

  1. 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. 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. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
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