New species and new records of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with neotropical army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1 A, 2010, Pages 7-83

  Disney, R H L ^a   Rettenmeyer, C W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Diptera; Ecitoninae; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Myrmecophiles; New species; Parasitoids; Phoridae

Indexed keywords

ACONTISTOPTERA; BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; ECITONINAE; ECITOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON (DIPTERAN FLY); PULICIPHORA; XANIONOTUM; XANIONOTUM HYSTRIX;

EID: 77249151042     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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