Caenocholax fenyesi (Strepsiptera: Myrmecolacidae) parasitic in Camponotus planatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Mexico: Is this the original host?

The male of Caenocholax fenyesi Pierce (Strepsiptera) is widespread in South America, but no host records are known as the specimens examined were free-living males that came into traps. In southern USA C. fenyesi was found to parasitize the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis wagneri Santschi (Hymeno...

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Main Authors: Kathirithamby, J, Hughes, D
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2002