Neodohrniphora

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There are 26 species in this parasitoid genus of Phoridae that attack ants.

List of Neodohrniphora and their Host Ants
Genus and species Author and Year Ant Host Distribution
Neodohrniphora acromyrmecis Borgmeier, 1925 Acromyrmex
Neodohrniphora arcuata Brown, 2001 ants Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica
Neodohrniphora arnaudi Borgmeier, 1963 ants
Neodohrniphora attae Disney, 1996 ants Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, Guyana, Panama
Neodohrniphora bragancai Brown, 2001 ants Brazil
Neodohrniphora calverti Malloch, 1914 ants Costa Rica
Neodohrniphora canina Pereira, Brown & Nihei, 2022 ants
Neodohrniphora cognata Prado, 1976 ants
Neodohrniphora curvinervis (Malloch, 1914) Atta cephalotes Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Guyana, Brazil, Nicaragua, Mexico, Ecuador
Neodohrniphora dissita Brown, 2001 ants Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia
Neodohrniphora elongata Brown, 2001 Atta sexdens Argentina, Brazil
Neodohrniphora erthali Brown, 2001 ants Brazil
Neodohrniphora gigantea Pereira, Brown & Nihei, 2022 ants
Neodohrniphora inferna Brown, 2001 ants Costa Rica
Neodohrniphora isomorpha Brown, 2001 ants Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador
Neodohrniphora leei Brown, 2001 ants
Neodohrniphora mexicanae Disney, 1996 ants Mexico
Neodohrniphora mokana Pereira, Brown & Nihei, 2022 ants
Neodohrniphora pala Brown, 2001 ants Colombia
Neodohrniphora prolixa Brown, 2001 ants Colombia, Panama, Ecuador
Neodohrniphora pseudoacromyrmecis Pereira, Brown & Nihei, 2022 ants
Neodohrniphora queirozi Pereira, Brown & Nihei, 2022 ants
Neodohrniphora rapunzelae Pereira, Brown & Nihei, 2022 ants
Neodohrniphora setifemur Disney, 2009 ants Ecuador
Neodohrniphora tonhascai Brown, 2001 ants Brazil
Neodohrniphora truncata Pereira, Brown & Nihei, 2022 ants

REFERENCES

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