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Paramixogaster

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Paramixogaster
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Paramixogaster

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

Paramixogaster is a genus of hoverflies, with fewer than 30 known species.[1][2] Paramixogaster has an appendix on vein R4+5 that is absent in Mixogaster.[1]

Biology

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Larvae are found in ant nests, or otherwise in association with ants.[2]

Distribution

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

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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. 1879. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
  2. ^ a b c Reemer M, Sankararaman H (2024) Revision of the Oriental species of the hoverfly genus Paramixogaster Brunetti, 1923 (Diptera, Syrphidae, Microdontinae). ZooKeys 1208: 1-48. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1208.122829