Mixogaster

Mixogaster is a genus of hoverflies native to North America and South America, with 21 known species. 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. Larvae are found in ant nests.

Species
• M. anthermus (Walker, 1849)

• M. breviventris Kahl, 1897

• M. cicatrix Hull, 1954

• M. conopsoides Macquart, 1842

• M. cubensis Curran, 1932

• M. currani Hull, 1954

• M. delongi Johnston, 1924

• M. dimidiata Giglio-Tos, 1892

• Mixogaster fattigi (Skevington & Locke, 2019)

• M. flukei Hull, 4[3]

• M. imitator Thompson, 2004

• M. johnsoni Hull, 1941

• M. lanei Carrera & Lenko, 1958

• M. lopesi Carrera & Lenko, 1958

• M. mexicana Macquart, 1846

• M. orpheus Hull, 1944

• M. pithecofascia Hull, 1944

• M. polistes Hull, 4[3]

• M. rarior Shannon, 1925

• M. sartocrypta Hull, 4[3]

• M. strictor Hull, 1941

• M. thecla Hull, 1954