A second species of legless scuttle fly (Diptera : Phoridae) associated with ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae)

Authors
Disney, RHL Weissflog, A Maschwitz, U
Citation
Rhl. Disney et al., A second species of legless scuttle fly (Diptera : Phoridae) associated with ants (Hymenoptera : Formicidae), J ZOOL, 246, 1998, pp. 269-274
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
ISSN journal
09528369 → ACNP
Volume
246
Year of publication
1998
Part
3
Pages
269 - 274
Database
ISI
SICI code
0952-8369(199811)246:<269:ASSOLS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Vestigipoda maschwitzi Disney sp. nov. is described from females and larvae collected from a colony of Aenictus gracilis in Malaysia. It is the second species in this remarkable genus, the type species being associated with a different species of Aenictus in Malaysia.