| Syringogaster | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Superfamily: | Diopsoidea |
| Family: | Syringogastridae Prado, 1969 |
| Genus: | Syringogaster Cresson, 1912 |
| Species | |
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Syringogaster is a genus of small (4 to 6 mm)ant-mimickingflies with apetiolateabdomen, a longprothorax, a swollen and spiny hindfemur, and reduced head size and large eyes. There are 20 described extant species and two species known fromMioceneamber from theDominican Republic. It is the only genus in the familySyringogastridae.[1]
The genusSyringogaster are found in tropical areas of theNeotropical region, with exception of theAntilles. Syringogastridae inhabit tropical forests.[1]
Very little is known about the biology of Syringogastridae, and nolarvae are known.[1]
The descriptor Ezra Townsend Cresson placed his new genus in the familyPsilidae[2]then in 1969 Angelo Pires do Prado erected a new family (Syringogastridae) to contain the genus.[3]
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