New species and new records of Apocephalus Coquillett (Diptera: Phoridae) that parasitize ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in America

Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1 B, 2010, Pages 165-190

  Brown, Brian V ^a   Disney, R Henry L ^b   Elizalde, Luciana ^c   Folgarait, Patricia J ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apocephalus sp.; New species; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

APOCEPHALUS; BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PHORIDAE;

EID: 77349102238     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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