A new genus and new species of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from colonies of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Malaysia

Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Disney, R Henry L ^a   Lizon à l'Allemand, Sofia ^b   Von Beeren, Cristoph ^b   Witte, Volker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ants; Euprenolepis; Leptogenys; Scuttle flies

Indexed keywords

CONICERA; DIPTERA; EUPRENOLEPIS; EUPRENOLEPIS PROCERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOGENYS; LEPTOGENYS BORNEENSIS; LEPTOGENYS PROCESSIONALIS; PHORIDAE;

EID: 59849099140     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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