Ecitoptera

There are 14 species in this parasitoid genus of Phoridae that attack ants.

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List of Ecitoptera and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution
Ecitoptera centralis	Borgmeier, 1960	ants	Panama, Ecuador, Costa Rica
Ecitoptera ciliata	Borgmeier, 1923	ants	Brazil
Ecitoptera concomitans	Borgmeier & Schmitz, 1923	Eciton burchellii, Nomamyrmex esenbeckii	Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama
Ecitoptera cordobensis	Borgmeier, 1925	ants
Ecitoptera humeralis	Borgmeier, 1960	ants	Costa Rica
Ecitoptera maculifrons	Borgmeier, 1924	ants
Ecitoptera maior	Schmitz, 1924	ants
Ecitoptera microps	Borgmeier, 1960	ants
Ecitoptera parallela	Borgmeier, 1960	ants
Ecitoptera proboscidalis	Borgmeier, 1924	ants
Ecitoptera schmitzi	Borgmeier, 1923	ants
Ecitoptera subciliata	Borgmeier, 1960	Neivamyrmex pseudops, Labidus praedator	Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama
Ecitoptera truncatipennis	Borgmeier, 1960	ants	Costa Rica
Ecitoptera watkinsi	Disney, 1998	ants

REFERENCES

• Borgmeier, T. 1923. Contribuição para o conhecimento dos phorideos do Brasil (Phoridae-Diptera). Archivos do Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro 24: 323-346.

• 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. (1960). Revision der ecitophilen phoridengattung ecitoptera Borgmeier & Schmitz, mit Beschreibung von sechs neuen arten (Diptera, Phoridae). An. Acad. Bras. Cienc.

• Borgmeier, T. (1963). Revision of the North American Phorid Flies. Part 1. (Dipt. Phoridae). Studia Ent.

• Borgmeier, T., & Schmitz, H. (1923). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Phoriden Brasiliens. Dtsch. Ver. Wiss. Kunst Sao Paulo.

• 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.

• Disney, Ronald & Elizalde, Luciana & Folgarait, Patricia. (2008). New Species and Records of Scuttle Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Associated with Leaf-cutter Ants and Army Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Argentina. Sociobiology. 51.

• Disney, R.H.L. & Kistner, D.H. 1998. New species and new records of mymecophilous Phoridae (Diptera). Sociobiology 31: 291-349.

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• Schmitz, H. 1923. Zwei neue Phoriden aus Australien und Brasilien. Ent. Ber. 6: 188-192.

• Schmitz, H. (1924). Phorideos Ecitophilos de Minas Geraes. Mus. Nacional Rio De Janeiro, Publ.