Syringogaster

Genus of flies

Syringogaster
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
See text

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.^[1]

Distribution

The genus Syringogaster are found in tropical areas of the Neotropical region, with exception of the Antilles. Syringogastridae inhabit tropical forests.^[1]

Biology

Very little is known about the biology of Syringogastridae, and no larvae are known.^[1]

Classification

The descriptor Ezra Townsend Cresson placed his new genus in the family Psilidae^[2] then in 1969 Angelo Pires do Prado erected a new family (Syringogastridae) to contain the genus.^[3]

Species

S. amazonensis Prado, 1969
S. apiculata Marshall & Buck, 2009
S. atricalyx Marshall & Buck, 2009
S. brachypecta Marshall & Buck, 2009
S. brunnea Cresson, 1912:
S. brunneina Marshall & Buck, 2009
S. carioca Prado, 1969
S. craigi Grimaldi, 2009 (Fossil species)
S. cressoni Prado, 1969
S. dactylopleura Marshall & Buck, 2009
S. figurata Marshall & Buck, 2009
S. lanei Prado, 1969
S. lopesi Prado, 1969
S. miocenecus Grimaldi, 2009 (Fossil species)
S. nigrithorax Marshall & Buck, 2009
S. palenque Marshall & Buck, 2009
S. papaveroi Prado, 1969
S. plesioterga Marshall & Buck, 2009
S. rufa Cresson, 1912
S. sharkeyi Marshall & Buck, 2009
S. subnearctica Feijen, 1989
S. tenuipes Marshall & Buck, 2009

References

^ ^a ^b ^c S.A. Marshall; M. Buck; J.H. Skevington & D. Grimaldi (2007). "A revision of the family Syringogastridae (Diptera: Diopsoidea)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1996. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 1–80.
^ Cresson, E. T. Jr. 1912. Descriptions of several new neotropical acalyptrate Diptera. Entomol. News. 23:389-396.
^ Prado, A. P. do. 1969. Syringogastridae, uma nova familia de dipteros Acalyptratae, com a descricao de seis especies novas do genero Syringogaster Cresson. Studia Ent. (n.s.) 12:1-32.

External links

Syringogaster at EOL image

Extant Diptera families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Holometabola

Suborder Nematocera

Axymyiomorpha	Axymyiidae

Culicomorpha

Culicoidea	Dixidae (meniscus midges) Corethrellidae (frog-biting midges) Chaoboridae (phantom midges) Culicidae (mosquitoes)
Chironomoidea	Thaumaleidae (solitary midges) Simuliidae (black flies) Ceratopogonidae (biting midges) Chironomidae (non-biting midges)

Blephariceromorpha	Blephariceridae (net-winged midges) Deuterophlebiidae (mountain midges) Nymphomyiidae

Bibionomorpha

Bibionoidea	Bibionidae (march flies, lovebugs)
Anisopodoidea	Anisopodidae (wood gnats)
Sciaroidea (fungus gnats)	Bolitophilidae Cecidomyiidae (gall midges) Diadocidiidae Ditomyiidae Keroplatidae (predatory fungus gnats) Lygistorrhinidae (long-beaked fungus gnats) Mycetophilidae Rangomaramidae (long-winged fungus gnats) Sciaridae (dark-winged fungus gnats)

Perissommatomorpha	Perissommatidae

Psychodomorpha

Scatopsoidea	Canthyloscelidae Scatopsidae (minute black scavenger flies, or dung midges) Valeseguyidae
Psychodoidea	Psychodidae (moth flies)

Ptychopteromorpha	Ptychopteridae (phantom crane flies) Tanyderidae (primitive crane flies)

Tipulomorpha

Trichoceroidea	Trichoceridae (winter crane flies)
Tipuloidea (crane flies)	Cylindrotomidae (long-bodied crane flies) Limoniidae (limoniid crane flies) Pediciidae (hairy-eyed craneflies) Tipulidae (large crane flies)

Suborder Brachycera

Asilomorpha

Asiloidea	Apioceridae (flower-loving flies) Apsilocephalidae Apystomyiidae Asilidae (robber flies) Bombyliidae (bee flies) Evocoidae Hilarimorphidae (hilarimorphid flies) Mydidae (mydas flies) Mythicomyiidae Scenopinidae (window flies) Therevidae (stiletto flies)
Empidoidea	Atelestidae Dolichopodidae (long-legged flies) Empididae (dagger flies, balloon flies) Homalocnemiidae Hybotidae (dance flies) Oreogetonidae Ragadidae
Nemestrinoidea	Acroceridae (small-headed flies) Nemestrinidae (tangle-veined flies)

Muscomorpha

Aschiza

Platypezoidea	Ironomyiidae (ironic flies) Lonchopteridae (spear-winged flies) Opetiidae (flat-footed flies) Phoridae (scuttle flies, coffin flies, humpbacked flies) Platypezidae (flat-footed flies)
Syrphoidea	Pipunculidae (big-headed flies) Syrphidae (hoverflies)

Schizophora

Acalyptratae

Conopoidea	Conopidae (thick-headed flies)
Tephritoidea	Pallopteridae (flutter flies) Piophilidae (cheese flies) Platystomatidae (signal flies) Pyrgotidae Richardiidae Tephritidae (peacock flies) Ulidiidae (picture-winged flies)
Nerioidea	Cypselosomatidae Micropezidae (stilt-legged flies) Neriidae (cactus flies, banana stalk flies)
Diopsoidea	Diopsidae (stalk-eyed flies) Gobryidae Megamerinidae Nothybidae Psilidae (rust flies) Somatiidae Strongylophthalmyiidae Syringogastridae Tanypezidae
Sciomyzoidea	Coelopidae (kelp flies) Dryomyzidae Helcomyzidae Helosciomyzidae Heterocheilidae Huttoninidae Natalimyzidae Phaeomyiidae Ropalomeridae Sciomyzidae (marsh flies) Sepsidae (black scavenger flies)
Sphaeroceroidea	Chyromyidae Heleomyzidae Nannodastiidae Sphaeroceridae (small dung flies)
Lauxanioidea	Celyphidae (beetle-backed flies) Chamaemyiidae (aphid flies) Cremifaniidae Lauxaniidae
Opomyzoidea	Agromyzidae (leaf miner flies) Anthomyzidae Asteiidae Aulacigastridae (sap flies) Clusiidae (lekking, or druid flies) Fergusoninidae Marginidae Neminidae Neurochaetidae (upside-down flies) Odiniidae Opomyzidae Periscelididae Teratomyzidae Xenasteiidae
Ephydroidea	Camillidae Curtonotidae (quasimodo flies) Diastatidae (bog flies) Drosophilidae (vinegar and fruit flies) Ephydridae (shore flies) Mormotomyiidae (frightful hairy fly)
Carnoidea	Acartophthalmidae Australimyzidae Braulidae (bee lice) Canacidae (beach flies) Carnidae Chloropidae (frit flies) Inbiomyiidae Milichiidae (freeloader flies)
Lonchaeoidea	Cryptochetidae Lonchaeidae (lance flies)

Calyptratae

Muscoidea	Anthomyiidae (cabbage flies) Fanniidae (little house flies) Muscidae (house flies, stable flies) Scathophagidae (dung flies)
Oestroidea	Calliphoridae (blow-flies: bluebottles, greenbottles) Mesembrinellidae Mystacinobiidae (New Zealand batfly) Oestridae (botflies) Rhiniidae Rhinophoridae Sarcophagidae (flesh flies) Tachinidae (tachina flies) Ulurumyiidae
Hippoboscoidea	Glossinidae (tsetse flies) Hippoboscidae (louse flies) Nycteribiidae (bat flies) Streblidae (bat flies)

Stratiomyomorpha

Stratiomyoidea	Pantophthalmidae (timber flies) Stratiomyidae (soldier flies) Xylomyidae (wood soldier flies)

Tabanomorpha

Rhagionoidea	Austroleptidae Bolbomyiidae Rhagionidae (snipe flies)
Tabanoidea	Athericidae (water snipe flies) Oreoleptidae Pelecorhynchidae Tabanidae (horse and deer flies)

Vermileonomorpha

Vermileonoidea	Vermileonidae

Xylophagomorpha

Xylophagoidea	Xylophagidae (awl flies)

List of families of Diptera

Taxon identifiers
Syringogaster	Wikidata: Q3784278 BOLD: 70469 CoL: 7RJW EoL: 55947 GBIF: 1555161 IRMNG: 1035034 NCBI: 553364 Plazi: AD19420A-FF87-FFF2-DD62-2090FB9A1019