Paramixogaster
| Paramixogaster | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Paramixogaster Brunetti, 1923 |
| Type species | |
| Mixogaster vespiformis Brunetti, 1923 | |
Paramixogaster is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species. Paramixogaster has an appendix on vein R4+5 that is absent in Mixogaster.[1]
Biology
Larvae feed as scavengers in the nest of ants.
Distribution
They are native to parts of Asia and Australia.[1]
Species
- Paramixogaster icariiformis Pendlebury, 1927
- Paramixogaster vespiformis (Brunetti, 1923)
- Paramixogaster wegneri Keiser, 1964
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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 Adobe Acrobat). Zootaxa (New Zealand: Magnolia Press) 1879: 21–48. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
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