New species and revision of Myrmosicarius (Diptera: Phoridae) that parasitize leaf-cutter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 771-810

  Disney, R Henry L ^a   Elizalde, Luciana ^b   Folgarait, Patricia J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Leaf cutter ant; Myrmosicarius; New species; Parasitic fly; Phoridae; Revision

Indexed keywords

BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMOSICARIUS; PHORIDAE; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 33744550014     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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