Paramixogaster kodaiana

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Paramixogaster kodaiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Flies
Suborder: Aschiza
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Paramixogaster
Species: P. kodaiana
Binomial name
Paramixogaster kodaiana
Sankararaman & Reemer, 2024

Diagnosis

Only female known. Body length: 11 mm. Paramixogaster kodaiana Sankararaman & Reemer, sp. nov. belongs to the group of species with lateral bulges on the frons. From P. fujianensis it differs by terigte 2 being less than twice as long as wide (more than twice as long as wide in P. fujianensis). From P. icariiformis it differs by the presence of fasciae of golden setulae along the posterior margins of tergites 3 and 4 (absent in P. icariiformis). From P. huoi Reemer, nom. nov. and P. sulawesiana Reemer, sp. nov. it differs by the medially interrupted fascia of golden setulae along the transverse suture of the scutum (continuous in P. huoi Reemer, nom. nov. and P. sulawesiana Reemer, sp. nov.).

Description

Distribution

India

Biology

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