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Syringogaster
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.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Syringogaster rufa
speciesSyringogaster rufa
Syringogaster figurata
speciesSyringogaster figurata
Syringogaster amazonensis
speciesSyringogaster amazonensis
Syringogaster papaveroi
speciesSyringogaster papaveroi
Syringogaster carioca
speciesSyringogaster carioca
Syringogaster brunnea
speciesSyringogaster brunnea
Syringogaster fulvida
speciesSyringogaster fulvida
Syringogaster subnearctica
speciesSyringogaster subnearctica
Syringogaster lanei
speciesSyringogaster lanei
Syringogaster lopesi
speciesSyringogaster lopesi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1090004.