Mixogaster
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.
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| Genus: | Mixogaster Macquart, 1842 |
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Species
- M. anthermus (Walker, 1849)
- M. breviventris Kahl, 1897
- M. cicatrix Hull, 1954
- M. conopsoides Macquart, 1842
- M. cubensis Curran, 1932
- M. currani Hull, 1954
- M. delongi Johnston, 1924
- M. dimidiata Giglio-Tos, 1892
- M. flukei Hull, 4[3][3]
- M. imitator Thompson, 2004[3]
- M. johnsoni Hull, 1941
- 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][3]
- M. rarior Shannon, 1925
- M. sartocrypta Hull, 4[3][3]
- M. strictor Hull, 1941
- M. thecla Hull, 1954
References
- 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). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- 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.
- Marinoni, Luciane; Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Flower flies of southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae) Part I. Introduction and new species". Studia dipterologica. 10 (2): 565–578. ISSN 0945-3954.
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