Distribution
The genus ''Syringogaster'' are found in tropical areas of the Neotropical region, with exception of the Antilles. Syringogastridae inhabit tropical forests.Biology
Very little is known about the biology of Syringogastridae, and no larvae are known.Classification
The descriptor Ezra Townsend Cresson placed his new genus in the family Psilidae then in 1969 Angelo Pires do Prado erected a new family (Syringogastridae) to contain the genus.Prado, A. P. do. 1969. Syringogastridae, uma nova familia de dipteros Acalyptratae, com a descricao de seis especies novas do genero Syringogaster Cresson. ''Studia Ent.'' (n.s.) 12:1-32.Species
*'' S. amazonensis'' Prado, 1969 *'' S. apiculata'' Marshall & Buck, 2009 *'' S. atricalyx'' Marshall & Buck, 2009 *'' S. brachypecta'' Marshall & Buck, 2009 *'' S. brunnea'' Cresson, 1912: *'' S. brunneina'' Marshall & Buck, 2009 *'' S. carioca'' Prado, 1969 *'' S. craigi'' Grimaldi, 2009 (Fossil species) *'' S. cressoni'' Prado, 1969 *'' S. dactylopleura'' Marshall & Buck, 2009 *'' S. figurata'' Marshall & Buck, 2009 *'' S. lanei'' Prado, 1969 *'' S. lopesi'' Prado, 1969 *'' S. miocenecus'' Grimaldi, 2009 (Fossil species) *'' S. nigrithorax'' Marshall & Buck, 2009 *'' S. palenque'' Marshall & Buck, 2009 *'' S. papaveroi'' Prado, 1969 *'' S. plesioterga'' Marshall & Buck, 2009 *'' S. rufa'' Cresson, 1912 *'' S. sharkeyi'' Marshall & Buck, 2009 *'' S. subnearctica'' Feijen, 1989 *'' S. tenuipes'' Marshall & Buck, 2009References
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