Phorid Flies Parasitizing Leaf-Cutting Ants: Their Occurrence, Parasitism Rates, Biology and the First Account of Multiparasitism

Phorid Flies Parasitizing Leaf-Cutting Ants: Their Occurrence, Parasitism Rates, Biology and the First Account of Multiparasitism

The leaf-cutting ants Atta sexdens (Linnaeus) and Atta laevigata (Smith) were parasitized by the following phorid flies: Apocephalus attophilus Borgmeier, Apocephalus vicosae Disney, Myrmosicarius grandicornis Borgmeier and species of Eibesfeldtphora Disney. It is also related here that the area of...

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Main Authors: Marcos Antonio Lima Bragança, Filipe Viegas Arruda, Lana Rubia Rocha Souza, Hendria Cirqueira Martins, Terezinha Maria Castro Della Lucia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2016-12-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
Savannah
host-parasite association
natural enemies
Phoridae
Atta sexdens
Atta laevigata
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/1077

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