Paramixogaster


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

Biology

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

Distribution

They are native to parts of Asia and Australia.

Species

  • P. acantholepidis
  • P. aphritina
  • P. brunetti Reemer, 2013
  • P. contracta
  • P. conveniens
  • P. crematogastri
  • P. daveyi
  • P. elisabethae
  • P. fujianensis Cheng, 2012
  • P. gayi
  • P. halmaherensis Reemer, 2024
  • P. icariiformis Pendlebury, 1927
  • P. illucens
  • P. indica
  • P. jubata Reemer, 2024
  • P. kodaiana Sankararaman & Reemer, 2024
  • P. luxor
  • P. odyneroides
  • P. omeana
  • P. petiolata
  • P. piptota Reemer, 2013
  • P. praetermissa
  • P. sacki Reemer, 2013
  • P. sulawesiana Reemer, 2024
  • P. variegata
  • P. vespiformis
  • P. yunnanensis Cheng, 2012