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Paramixogaster
''Paramixogaster'' is a genus of hoverfly, hoverflies, with fewer than 30 known species.Reemer M, Sankararaman H (2024) Revision of the Oriental species of the hoverfly genus ''Paramixogaster'' Brunetti, 1923 (Diptera, Syrphidae, Microdontinae). ZooKeys 1208: 1-48. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1208.122829 ''Paramixogaster'' has an appendix on vein R4+5 that is absent in ''Mixogaster''. Biology Larvae are found in ant nests, or otherwise in association with ants. Distribution They are native to parts of Asia and Australia. Species *''Paramixogaster acantholepidis, P. acantholepidis'' (Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser, Speiser, 1913) *''Paramixogaster aphritina, P. aphritina'' (Carl Gustaf Thomson, Thomson, 1869) *''Paramixogaster brunetti, P. brunetti'' Reemer, 2013 (new name for ''Mixogaster vespiformis'' Brunetti, 1913) *''Paramixogaster contracta, P. contracta'' (Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti, Brunetti, 1923) *''Paramixogaster conveniens, P. conveniens'' (Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti, Brun ...
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