Revision of the Melaloncha cingulata-group of bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 386-392

  Brown, Brian V ^a  

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

Author keywords

Apidae; Neotropical; Parasitoid; Phoridae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; PARASITOID; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; CINGULATA; DIPTERA; MELALONCHA; MELALONCHA CINGULATA; MELALONCHA CRASSA; MELALONCHA ELVIAE; MELALONCHA HIRTICULA; MELALONCHA LAMELLATA; MELALONCHA NUDIBASALIS; MELALONCHA PERTICA; MELALONCHA PROSOPICA; MELALONCHA SUCCINCTA; MELALONCHA THOMPSONAE; MELALONCHA VARIABILIS; PHORIDAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 3242752133     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0386:ROTMCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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