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Issue: Vol. 4032 No. 2: 15 Oct. 2015
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-10-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.2.8
Page range: 215–220
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 8

Pseudacteon notocaudatus and Pseudacteon obtusitus (Diptera: Phoridae), two new species of fire ant parasitoids from South America

Brackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas, 2907 Lake Austin Boulevard, Austin, Tx 78703, USA.
Laboratorio de Hormigas, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Roque Saenz Peña 352, Bernal (B1876BXD), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Brackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas, 2907 Lake Austin Boulevard, Austin, Tx 78703, USA.
Diptera Phoridae phorid parasitoid Pseudacteon Solenopsis fire ant

Abstract

Ongoing studies in South America of phorid flies of the genus Pseudacteon Coquillett 1907 have revealed two further new species in this genus that are described here: P. obtusitus and P. notocaudatus. Both species are parasitoids of Solenopsis (F.) fire ants.