New Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae) from North America That Parasitizes the Native Fire Ant Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 308-311

  Brown, Brian V ^a   Morrison, Lloyd W ^b  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ant; Parasitoid; Phorid

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 0006966735     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/92.3.308     Document Type: Article

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