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Provedor de dados: | Neotropical Entomology
País: | Brazil
Título: | First record of Phorid Parasitoids (Diptera: Phoridae) of the leaf-cutting ant Atta bisphaerica Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Autores: | Bragança,Marcos A.L.; Della Lucia,Terezinha M.C.; Tonhasca Jr.,Athayde.
Data: | 2003-01-01
Ano: | 2003
Palavras-chave: | Parasitism; Oviposition behavior.
Resumo: | Phoridae flies parasitize several ant species, including many Atta leaf-cutting ants. In this note, the attacks of three coexisting phorid species (Myrmosicarius grandicornis Borgmeier, Apocephalus attophilus Borgmeier and Neodorhniphora bragancai Brown) against Atta bisphaerica Forel workers in a pasture located in Viçosa County, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, are reported. The first two species of phorids are known to parasitize other leaf-cutting ants. N. bragancai, however, has been found only around A. bisphaerica nests. Each of these phorid species selects ants engaged in different tasks and oviposits in specific sites of the ant body.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2003000100028
Editor: | Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil
Relação: | 10.1590/S1519-566X2003000100028
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Neotropical Entomology  v.32 n.1 2003
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess