Mixogaster
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| Genus: | Mixogaster Macquart, 1842
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| Mixogaster conopsoides Macquart, 1842
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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.
Species
- Mixogaster anthermus (Walker, 1849)
- Mixogaster breviventris Kahl, 1897
- Mixogaster cicatrix Hull, 1954
- Mixogaster conopsoides Macquart, 1842
- Mixogaster cubensis Curran, 1932
- Mixogaster currani Hull, 1954
- Mixogaster delongi Johnston, 1924
- Mixogaster dimidiata Giglio-Tos, 1892
- Mixogaster flukei Hull, 1954[3]
- Mixogaster imitator Thompson, 2004[3]
- Mixogaster johnsoni Hull, 1941
- Mixogaster lanei Carrera & Lenko, 1958
- Mixogaster lopesi Carrera & Lenko, 1958
- Mixogaster mexicana Macquart, 1846
- Mixogaster orpheus Hull, 1944
- Mixogaster pithecofascia Hull, 1944
- Mixogaster polistes Hull, 1954[3]
- Mixogaster rarior Shannon, 1925
- Mixogaster sartocrypta Hull, 1954[3]
- Mixogaster strictor Hull, 1941
- Mixogaster thecla Hull, 1954
References
- ^ 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). Zootaxa. 1879. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 21–48. 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.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ a b c d 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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