Studies on European ant decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae): II. Observations that contradict the reported catholicity of host choice by Pseudacteon formicarum

Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-94

  Weissflog, Andreas ^a   Maschwitz, Ulrich ^a   Seebauer, Silvia ^a   Disney, R Henry L ^b   Seifert, Bernhard ^c   Witte, Volker ^d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Host specificity; Lasius emarginatus; Lasius niger; Parasitoids; Phoridae; Pseudacteon formicarum

Indexed keywords

CAUTOLASIUS; DIPTERA; FORMICA; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; LASIUS; LASIUS EMARGINATUS; LASIUS FULIGINOSUS; LASIUS NIGER; MYRMICA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON (DIPTERAN FLY);

EID: 38949128681     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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