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.

Mixogaster
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
  • Myxogaster Kertész, 1910
  • Myxogaster Shiraki, 1930

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][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
  1. 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. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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