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Genus of flies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mixogaster is a genus of hoverflies native to North America and South America,[1] with 21 known species.[2] Mixogaster is distinct by lacking an appendix on vein R4+5, having a reduced and bare metasternum, an unarmed scutellum, and usually an appendix on vein M extending in cell R4+5.[1] Larvae are found in ant nests.
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Genus: | Mixogaster Macquart, 1842 |
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Mixogaster conopsoides Macquart, 1842 | |
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