New Records, Including a New Species, of Scuttle Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Associated with Leaf Cutter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Brazil

Authors

  • R. Henry L. Disney University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology
  • Marcos A. L. Bragança Universidade Federal do Tocantins

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v61i3.341-344

Keywords:

phorid flies, Allochaeta, Apterophora, Mymosicarius, Puliciphora

Abstract

Among scuttle flies caught at colonies of leaf cutter ants were Apterophora bragancai Disney new species, and new host records for other species.

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References

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Published

2014-09-30

How to Cite

Disney, R. H. L., & Bragança, M. A. L. (2014). New Records, Including a New Species, of Scuttle Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Associated with Leaf Cutter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Brazil. Sociobiology, 61(3), 341–344. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v61i3.341-344

Issue

Vol. 61 No. 3 (2014)

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