Apocephalus

There are a few species out of 332 species in this parasitoid genus of Phoridae that attack ants. The geographic range of A. paraponerae is generally coextensive with that of its host, P. clavata. They both occupy the neotropical region and are widespread in the lowland rainforests of Brazil, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and northern Argentina. Material examined: 1 female, ARGENTINA, Santiago del Estero, near Brea Pozo, March 2002, over Atta vollenweideri, L. Elizalde.

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List of Apocephalus and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution
Apocephalus aztecae	Borgmeier, 1961	Azteca	Dominica
Apocephalus barbicauda	Borgmeier 1931	Acromyrmex lundii
Apocephalus bispinosus	Borgmeier, 1928	Camponotus cingulatus	Brazil
Apocephalus camponoti	Borgmeier, 1925	Camponotus rufipes	Brazil
Apocephalus cantleyi	Brown, 1997	Acromyrmex
Apocephalus collatus	Brown, 2002	Pachycondyla impressa?	Costa Rica
Apocephalus coquilletti	Malloch, 1912	Camponotus pennsylvanicus	Canada, United States
Apocephalus crucicauda	Borgmeier, 1928	Camponotus crassus	Brazil
Apocephalus cultellatus	Borgmeier, 1961	Eciton burchellii	Panama
Apocephalus exlobicornis	Brown & Disney, 2010	Acromyrmex lobicornis	Argentina
Apocephalus exstriatus	Brown & Disney, 2010	Acromyrmex fracticornis, Amoimyrmex striatus	Argentina
Apocephalus facettalis	Borgmeier, 1961	Camponotus	Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Panama
Apocephalus flavitenuipes	Brown & Disney, 2010	Pheidole	Argentina
Apocephalus horridus	Borgemeir, 1963	Camponotus vicinus	Canada, United States: Arizona, California
Apocephalus intermedius	Brown & Disney, 2010	Acromyrmex hispidus	Argentina
Apocephalus longisetarum	Brown & Disney, 2010	Atta vollenweideri	Argentina
Apocephalus luteihalteratus	Borgmeier, 1923	Acromyrmex	Costa Rica
Apocephalus mucronatus	Borgmeier, 1958	Camponotus blandus, Amoimyrmex striatus	Argentina
Apocephalus necdivergens	Brown & Disney, 2010	Acromyrmex crassispinus, Acromyrmex lobicornis	Paraguay, Argentina
Apocephalus neivai	Borgmeier, 1931	Acromyrmex	Argentina, Colombia
Apocephalus onorei	Brown, 1997	Acromyrmex	Ecuador
Apocephalus paraponerae	Borgmeier, 1958	Paraponera clavata	Costa Rica, Brazil, Nicaragua, Argentina
Apocephalus pergandei	Coquillett, 1901	Camponotus pennsylvanicus	Canada, United States
Apocephalus portalensis	Brown & LeBrun, 2010	Aphaenogaster texana	United States: Arizona
Apocephalus setiventris	Borgmeier, 1971	Camponotus crassus	Brazil
Apocephalus similis	Malloch, 1912	Camponotus sansabeanus	Arizona, Texas

REFERENCES

• Borgmeier, T. (1928). Investigacoes sobre Phorideos Myrmecophilos (Diptera - Phoridae). Arch. Inst. Biol. Def. Agric. Amin. S. Paulo.

• Borgmeier, T. (1958). "Neue Beitraege zur Kenntnis der neotropischen Phoriden (Diptera, Phoridae)". Studia Entomologica. 1: 305–406.

• Borgmeier, T. (1971). "Further studies on phorid flies, mainly of the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Phoridae)". Studia Entomologica. 14: 1–172.

• Brown, B.V. (2000). "Revision of the "Apocephalus miricauda - group" of ant-parasitizing flies (Diptera: Phoridae)". Contr. Sci. (Los Angeles County Mus.). 482: 62. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

• Brown, B.V. 2002. Revision of the Apocephalus pergandei-group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Contributions in Science, 496: 1-58, 2002

• Brown BV. 2014. Revision of the Apocephalus analis group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Zootaxa. 2014 Sep 1;3857(4):551-70. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.4.5. PMID: 25283122.

• Brown, B.V. & LeBrun, E.G. 2010. Ant-decapitating flies, Apocephalus, subgenus Apocephalus Coquillett (Insecta: Diptera: Phoridae), of Arizona. Contributions in Science 519: 1-24.

• Coquillett, Daniel William (1901). "[Apocephalus n. gen.]. In: Pergande, the ant decapitating fly". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 4: 501.

• Malloch, J.R. (1912). "The insects of the dipterous family Phoridae in the United States National Museum". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 43 (1938): 411–529.