Diocophora
There are fifteen species in this parasitoid genus of Phoridae that attack ants.
Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | |
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Diocophora appretiata | (Schmitz, 1923) | ants | ||
Diocophora armigera | (Borgmeier, 1925) | ants | ||
Diocophora assimilata | (Borgmeier, 1925) | ants | ||
Diocophora commutata | (Borgmeier, 1925) | ants | ||
Diocophora disparifrons | Borgmeier, 1959 | Camponotus crassus | Brazil | |
Diocophora duplexseta | Disney, 2008 | ants | ||
Diocophora longichaeta | Disney, 2007 | ants | ||
Diocophora modesta | Borgmeier, 1959 | ants | ||
Diocophora multichaeta | Brown & Disney, 2009 | ants | ||
Diocophora palpalis | Borgmeier, 1963 | ants | ||
Diocophora praedasicara | Disney, 2007 | ants | ||
Diocophora spinifemorata | (Malloch, 1912) | ants | ||
Diocophora spiniventris | (Borgmeier, 1925) | ants | ||
Diocophora trichogaster | Borgmeier, 1963 | ants |
REFERENCES
- Borgmeier, T. (1925). "Novos subsidios para o conhecimento da familia Phoridae". Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 25: 85–281, pls. I-XVII.
- Borgmeier, T. 1959. Neue und wenig bekannte Phoriden aus der neotropischen Region. Nebst einigen Arten aud dem Belgischen Congo-Gebiet (Diptera, Phoridae). Studia ent. 2: 129-208.
- Borgmeier, T. (1963). Revision of the North American Phorid Flies. Part 1. (Dipt. Phoridae). Studia Ent.
- Brown BV. Differential host use by neotropical phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) that are parasitoids of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Sociobiology. 1999;33(3):95–103.
- Brown BV, Kung GA, Porras W. A new type of ant-decapitation in the Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera). Biodivers Data J. 2015 Jan 2;(3):e4299
- Disney, H. R. L., & Berghoff, S. M. (2007). New species and new records of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Panama. Sociobiology.
- Disney, R. H. L., & Berghoff, S. M. (2008). Further records, with a new species, of scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) associated with army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Panama. Sociobiology.
- Enderlein, G. 1912. Die Phoridenfauna Süd-Brasiliens. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 73: 16-45. [1912.03.20]
- 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.
- Schmitz, H. 1923. Zwei neue Phoriden aus Australien und Brasilien. Ent. Ber. 6: 188-192.