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Mixogaster
Sign in to saveMixogaster is a genus of hoverflies native to North America and South America, with 21 known species. 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. Larvae are found in ant nests.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 63
- With media
- 42
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Collections
- INDRE-SSA, IBUNAM, USNM, EMEC, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Mexico, [Not Stated], Costa Rica, Bolivia
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Mixogaster is a genus of hoverflies native to North America and South America, with 21 known species. 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. Larvae are found in ant nests.
==Species==
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