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Paramixogaster
There are 30 myrmecophilous species in this genus. Paramixogaster has an appendix on vein R4+5 that is absent in Mixogaster. Larvae are found in ant nests. Mesonotum with transverse suture incomplete, interrupted medially. Tergites 3 and 4 fused. Male without long pilosity on basoflagellomere
| Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paramixogaster acantholepidis | (Speiser, 1913) | Lepisiota capensis | South Africa |
| Paramixogaster aphritinus | (Thompson, 1869) | ants | Australia |
| Paramixogaster brunetti | Reemer, 2013 | ants | India |
| Paramixogaster contractus | (Brunetti, 1923) | ants | India, Sri Lanka |
| Paramixogaster conveniens | (Brunetti, 1923) | ants | India |
| Paramixogaster crematogastri | (Speiser, 1913) | Crematogaster | South Africa |
| Paramixogaster daveyi | (Knab & Malloch, 1912) | ants | Australia |
| Paramixogaster decipiens | (Meijere, 1917) | ants | Oriental |
| Paramixogaster elisabethae | (Keiser, 1971) | ants | Madagascar |
| Paramixogaster fujianensis | Cheng, 2012 | ants | Oriental |
| Paramixogaster gayi | (Paramonov, 1957) | ants | Australia |
| Paramixogaster halmaherensis | Reemer, 2024 | ants | Indonesia |
| Paramixogaster icariiformis | Pendlebury, 1927 | ants | Malay Peninsula |
| Paramixogaster illucens | (Bezzi, 1915) | ants | Ethiopian |
| Paramixogaster indicus | (Doleschall, 1857) | ants | Oriental |
| Paramixogaster jubata | Reemer, 2024 | ants | Vietnam, Thailand |
| Paramixogaster kodaiana | Sankararaman & Reemer, 2024 | ants | India |
| Paramixogaster luxor | (Curran, 1931) | ants | Malay Peninsula |
| Paramixogaster odyneroides | (Meijere, 1908) | ants | Papua Indonesia |
| Paramixogaster omeanus | (Paramonov, 1957) | ants | Australia |
| Paramixogaster petiolata | (Hull, 1944) | ants | Australia |
| Paramixogaster piptotus | Reemer, 2013 | ants | Madagascar |
| Paramixogaster praetermissus | (Ferguson, 1926) | ants | Australia |
| Paramixogaster sacki | Reemer, 2013 | ants | Oriental |
| Paramixogaster sulawesiana | Reemer, 2024 | ants | Indonesia: Sulawesi |
| Paramixogaster variegatus | (Walker, 1852) | ants | Australia |
| Paramixogaster vespiformis | (Meijere, 1908) | ants | Indonesia: Sumatra, Bali, Java; Thailand, Philippines |
| Paramixogaster wegneri | Keiser, 1964 | ants | Indonesia (Maluku) |
| Paramixogaster yunnanensis | Cheng, 2012 | ants | China |
REFERENCES
- Bezzi, M. 1915. The Syrphidae of the Ethiopian Region based on material in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History), with descriptions of new genera and species. British Museum (Natural History), London. 146 pp.
- Brunetti, E. 1923. Diptera. Pipunculidae, Syrphidae, Conopidae, Oestridae. In: [Shipley, A.E., ed.], Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. [Vol. III] Taylor & Francis, London. xii + 424 pp., 6 pls.
- 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 Adobe Acrobat). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1879: 21–48.
- Curran, C.H. 1931. Additional records and descriptions of Syrphidae from the Malay Peninsula. J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 16: 290-338.
- Ferguson, E.W. 1926. Revision of Australian Syrphidae (Diptera). Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51: 137-183.
- Huang, C. & Cheng, X. Diptera. Syrphidae. Fauna Sinica. Insecta. (2012).
- Hull, F.M. Additional species of Microdon in the British Museum (Natural History). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1944).
- Keiser, F. 1964. Paramixogaster wegneri, ein neuer Syrphidae von der Insel Ambon, Indonesia (Dipt.). Mitt. Schweis. Ent. Ges. 37: 83-87.
- Keiser, F. 1971. Syrphidae von Madagaskar (Dipt.). Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basal 81: 223-318.
- Knab, F. & Malloch, J.R. 1912. New Australian Diptera from ants' nests. Trans. R. Soc. South Aust. 36: 233-237.
- Meijere, J.C.H. de 1908. Studien über sudostasiatische Dipteren. III. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 51: 191-332, pls. 7-8. [1908.12.31]
- Meijere, J.C.H. de 1917. Studien über sudostasiatische Dipteren XIII. Ueber einige merkwurdigen javanischen Dipteren. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 60: 238-251.
- Paramonov, S.J. 1957. Notes on Australian Diptera. -- XXII. XXII. Key to Australian Microdon species (Syrphidae, Diptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12) 9: 812-816.
- Pendlebury, H.M. Notes on some mimetic insects from the Malay Peninsula. Proc. ent. Soc. London. (1927).
- Reemer, M. & G. Stahls 2013. Phylogenetic relationships of Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Systematic Entomology 38 (4): 661-688.
- Speiser, P. 1913. Uber einige Syrphiden und zwei fur die Deutsche Fauna -- Clythiiden. Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk 66: 117-146.