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Paramixogaster

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Syrphidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Diptera

Subfamily
  
Microdontinae

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Paramixogaster is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species. Paramixogaster has an appendix on vein R4+5 that is absent in Mixogaster.

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Biology

Larvae feed as scavengers in the nest of ants.

Distribution

They are native to parts of Asia and Australia.

Species

  • Paramixogaster icariiformis Pendlebury, 1927
  • Paramixogaster vespiformis (Brunetti, 1923)
  • Paramixogaster wegneri Keiser, 1964
  • References

    Paramixogaster Wikipedia