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Issue: Vol. 730 No. 1: 18 Nov. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-11-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.730.1.1
Page range: 1–14
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 28

New species and records of Melaloncha (Udamochiras) bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae)

Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, USA
Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, USA
Diptera Phoridae parasitoid Neotropical

Abstract

Nine new species of Neotropical Melaloncha (Udamochiras) bee-killing flies are described: M. altobenia, atribiseta, concavella and sarmientoi from Bolivia, M. ancistra from Colombia, M. corniculata and schiaffinoae from Argentina, M. cucharella from Honduras, and M. stenotes from Costa Rica. The first host information is given for M. (U.) colossia, which attacks introduced honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in northern Argentina.

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