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
Synonyms
  • Myxogaster Kertész, 1910
  • Myxogaster Shiraki, 1930

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

  1. 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.
  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. 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.