Pseudacteon

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There are 73 species in this parasitoid genus of Phoridae that attack ants.

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List of Pseudacteon and their Host Ants
Genus and species Author and Year Ant Host Distribution
Pseudacteon aduncus Borgmeier, 1969 ants
Pseudacteon affinis Borgmeier, 1962 ants Brazil
Pseudacteon andinus Plowes et al., 2009 Solenopsis electra Peru
Pseudacteon antiguensis (Malloch, 1912) Solenopsis geminata Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda
Pseudacteon arcuatus Borgmeier, 1969 ants
Pseudacteon bifidus Brown & Morrison, 1999 Solenopsis geminata Mexico, United States: Texas
Pseudacteon bispinosus Borgmeier & Prado, 1975 Solenopsis geminata Honduras
Pseudacteon borgmeieri Schmitz, 1923 Camponotus cingulatus , Camponotus rufipes Argentina, Brazil
Pseudacteon botulpalpatus Disney & Mikhailovskaya, 2000 ants China
Pseudacteon brevicauda Schmitz, 1925 ants
Pseudacteon browni Disney, 1991 ants United States: Texas; Costa Rica
Pseudacteon bulbosus Brown, Folgarait & Gilbert, 2003 ants Argentina
Pseudacteon calceoliformis Liu & Disney, 2022 ants China
Pseudacteon calderensis Calcaterra, 2007 Solenopsis interrupta Argentina
Pseudacteon californiensis Disney, 1982 ants United States: California
Pseudacteon claridgei Disney, 2000 ants France
Pseudacteon comatus Borgmeier, 1925 ants
Pseudacteon confusus Disney, 2009 ants
Pseudacteon conicornis Borgmeier, 1962 ants Argentina, Brazil
Pseudacteon convexicauda Borgmeier, 1962 ants Argentina
Pseudacteon crawfordii Coquillett, 1907 Solenopsis geminata Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, United States: Texas, Ecuador, Honduras
Pseudacteon crinifer Beyer, 1966 ants
Pseudacteon cultellatus Borgmeier, 1925 ants United States, Argentina, Brazil
Pseudacteon curvatus Borgmeier, 1925 Solenopsis Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, United States, Bolivia
Pseudacteon dentiger Borgmeier, 1962 ants Brazil
Pseudacteon disneyi Pesquero, 2000 ants Brazil
Pseudacteon dorymyrmecis Borgmeier, 1925 ants
Pseudacteon fennicus Schmitz, 1927 ants Finland, Sweden
Pseudacteon formicarum (Verrall, 1877) Tapinoma erraticum, Lasius niger and Lasius emarginatus China, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Great Britain
Pseudacteon fowleri Pesquero, 2000 ants Guyana, Brazil
Pseudacteon genebrae Mattos & Orr, 2002 Linepithema Brazil
Pseudacteon hexasetalis Liu & Cai, 2013 ants China
Pseudacteon hippeus Plowes et al., 2009 ants United States: Texas
Pseudacteon inticlinatus Liu & Disney, 2022 ants Spain, Korea
Pseudacteon javensis (Brues, 1915) ants Indonesia
Pseudacteon laciniosus Brown, 2012 Azteca instabilis Mexido
Pseudacteon lenkoi Borgmeier & Prado, 1975 ants Brazil
Pseudacteon linzhiensis Liu & Disney, 2022 ants China
Pseudacteon lonicauda Borgmeier & Prado, 1975 ants
Pseudacteon lontrae Mattos & Orr, 2002 ants
Pseudacteon lundbecki Schmitz, 1924 ants Denmark
Pseudacteon lusitanus Schmitz, 1938 ants Portugal
Pseudacteon nocens Borgmeier, 1926 ants United States, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia
Pseudacteon notocaudatus Plowes, Folgerait & Gilbert, 2015 ants Argentina, Bolivia
Pseudacteon nudicornis Borgmeier, 1925 ants Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
Pseudacteon obtusatus Liu & Cai, 2013 ants China
Pseudacteon obtusitus Plowes, Folgerait & Gilbert, 2015 ants Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
Pseudacteon obtusus Borgmeier, 1925 ants Brazil, United States, Argentina, Chile
Pseudacteon onyx Steyskal, 1944 Crematogaster punctulata United States: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas,  ; Canada
Pseudacteon palpatus Schmitz, 1938 ants Portugal
Pseudacteon pesqueroi Pereira, Delabie & Bravo, 2015 ants Bolivia, Peru
Pseudacteon planidorsalis Brown, 2012 Azteca instabilis Mexico
Pseudacteon plowsei Pereira, Delabie & Bravo, 2015 Solenopsis geminata
Pseudacteon pradei Borgmeier, 1925 ants Brazil, Bolivia
Pseudacteon pseudocercus Brown, 2012 Azteca instabilis Mexico
Pseudacteon pullum Mikhailovskaya, 1995 ants China
Pseudacteon pusillus Borgmeier, 1938 ants Brazil
Pseudacteon quadrisetalis Liu & Cai, 2013 ants China
Pseudacteon quinni Plowes et al., 2009 ants Colombia, Costa Rica
Pseudacteon reticulatus Liu & Disney, 2022 ants China
Pseudacteon robustisetosus Liu & Disney, 2022 ants China
Pseudacteon rudisetosus Disney & Mikhailovskaya, 2000 ants China
Pseudacteon setipalpatus Disney & Mikhailovskaya, 2000 ants China
Pseudacteon setosus Disney & Mikhailovskaya, 2000 ants China
Pseudacteon shennongjianus Liu & Disney, 2022 ants China
Pseudacteon simplex Borgmeier, 1969 ants
Pseudacteon solenopsidis (Schmitz, 1914) ants Argentina, Brazil
Pseudacteon spatulatus (Malloch, 1912) ants United States
Pseudacteon tianmuensis Liu & Disney, 2022 ants China
Pseudacteon trapeziformis Zhang & Liu, 2019 ants China
Pseudacteon tricuspis Borgmeier, 1925 ants United States, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia
Pseudacteon tubiceroides Disney, 2000 ants
Pseudacteon wasmanni (Schmitz, 1914) ants Argentina, Brazil
Pseudacteon yunnanensis Liu & Disney, 2022 ants China

REFERENCES

  • Borgmeier, T. (1924). Um novo genero de Phorideos do Parana. Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio De Janeiro.
  • 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. (1926). Phorideos Myrmecophilos da Argentina (Dipt.). Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio De J.
  • Borgmeier, T. (1928). Investigacoes sobre Phorideos Myrmecophilos (Diptera - Phoridae). Arch. Inst. Biol. Def. Agric. Amin. S. Paulo.
  • Borgmeier, T. 1932. Revisão do genero ecitophilo Xanionotum Brues, com a descripção de duas especies novas (Dipt. Phoridae). Revista de Entomologia 2: 369-380.
  • 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. (1962). Cinco especies novas do genero pseudacteon Coquillett. Arq. Mus. Nac.
  • Borgmeier, T. (1963). Revision of the North American Phorid Flies. Part 1. (Dipt. Phoridae). Studia Ent.
  • Borgmeier, T. 1969. New or little-known phorid flies, mainly of the Neotropical Region. Studia Entomologica 12: 33-132.
  • 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, Morrison LW. 1999. New Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae) from North America that parasitizes the native fire ant Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92: 308–311.
  • Brown, B.V., Folgarait, P. & Gilbert, L. 2003. A new species of Pseudacteon attacking Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Argentina. Sociobiology 41(3): 685-688.
  • 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
  • Brues, C.T. 1902. New and little known guests of the Texan legionary ants. American Naturalist 36: 365-378.
  • Brues, C.T. 1936. A new ecitophilous North American phorid fly. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 31: 68-70.
  • Disney, R. H. L. (2007). New species and revisionary notes on scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with Neotropical army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology.
  • 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.
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