LIFE-HISTORY AND IMMATURE STAGES OF RHYNCOPHOROMYIA-MACULINEURA, AN ANT-PARASITIZING PHORID FLY (DIPTERA, PHORIDAE) FROM PERU

Authors
BROWN BV FEENER DH
Citation
Bv. Brown et Dh. Feener, LIFE-HISTORY AND IMMATURE STAGES OF RHYNCOPHOROMYIA-MACULINEURA, AN ANT-PARASITIZING PHORID FLY (DIPTERA, PHORIDAE) FROM PERU, Journal of Natural History, 27(2), 1993, pp. 429-434
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of Natural History → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222933
Volume
27
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
429 - 434
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2933(1993)27:2<429:LAISOR>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Third-instar larva, puparium and life history of Rhyncophoromyia macul ineura are described. Females of this species parasitize injured worke rs of Camponotus sericeiventris and possibly also those of Dolichoderu s lugens. Larvae develop in the host abdomen, one per host. Limited li fe history data indicate that this way of life might be shared by othe r species of this genus.