Syringogaster
Sign in to saveSyringogaster is a genus of small (4 to 6 mm) ant-mimicking flies with a petiolate abdomen, a long prothorax, a swollen and spiny hind femur, and reduced head size and large eyes. There are 20 described extant species and two species known from Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. It is the only genus in the family Syringogastridae.
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It is catalogued under the topic Diopsoidea genera.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Syringogastridae
- Collections
- MCGILL UNIVERSITY, USNM
- Recorded in
- Belize, Costa Rica, Trinidad And Tobago
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Syringogastridae
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- FIGURES 124–133. Figs 124–127 Syringogaster atricalyx Marshall & Buck (Syringogastridae), male paratype; 124 dorsal; 125 lateral; 126 head anterior; 127 head dorsal. Fig. 128 Syringogaster sp., Ecuador. Fig. 129 S. atricalyx, f.png
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Syringogaster is a genus of small (4 to 6 mm) ant-mimicking flies with a petiolate abdomen, a long prothorax, a swollen and spiny hind femur, and reduced head size and large eyes. There are 20 described extant species and two species known from Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. It is the only genus in the family Syringogastridae.
==Distribution== The genus Syringogaster are found in tropical areas of the Neotropical region, with exception of the Antilles. Syringogastridae inhabit tropical forests.
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