Oviposition behavior of an ant-parasitizing fly, Neodohrniphora curvinervis (Diptera: Phoridae), and defense behavior by its leaf-cutting ant host Atta cephalotes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 675-688

  Feener Jr , Donald H ^a   Brown, Brian V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atta; behavior; Diptera; Formicidae; host; Hymenoptera; Neodohrniphora; parasitoid; Phoridae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0027138563     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: 15728889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01201669     Document Type: Article

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