''Mixogaster'' is a
genus of
hoverflies native to
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
and
South America,
with 21 known species.
''Mixogaster'' is distinct by lacking an appendix on vein R4+5, having a reduced and bare
metasternum
The metathorax is the posterior of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the third pair of legs. Its principal sclerites ( exoskeletal plates) are the metanotum (dorsal), the metasternum (ventral), and the metapleuron (lateral) ...
, an unarmed
scutellum, and usually an appendix on vein M extending in cell R4+5.
e are found in
ant nests.
Species
References
Hoverfly genera
Diptera of North America
Diptera of South America
Microdontinae
Taxa named by Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart
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