Mixogaster
| 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 | |
Mixogaster is a genus of hoverflies native to North America and South America,[1] with 19 known species. 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] The larvae feed as scavengers in the nests of ants.
Species
- Mixogaster conopsoides Macquart, 1842
- Mixogaster delongi Johnston, 1924
- Mixogaster flukei Hull, 1954[2]
- Mixogaster imitator Thompson, 2004[2]
- Mixogaster polistes Hull, 1954[2]
- Mixogaster sartocryptus Hull, 1954[2]
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References
- 1 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). Zootaxa (New Zealand: Magnolia Press) 1879: 21–48. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- 1 2 3 4 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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