Open AccessIllustrated Key to Pseudacteon Decapitating Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) That Attack Solenopsis saevissima Complex Fire Ants in South America
Author(s) -
Sanford D. Porter,
Marcos Antônio Pesquero
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
florida entomologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1938-5102
pISSN - 0015-4040
DOI - 10.2307/3496403
Subject(s) - phoridae , biology , key (lock) , hymenoptera , fire ant , ecology , zoology
This paper provides an illustrated key in English and Portuguese to 18 South American species of Pseudacteon decapitating flies that attack Solenopsis fire ants in the saevissima complex. The taxonomic history and current status of species in the genus Pseudacteon are discussed. Pseudacteon flies are of interest because of their unusual life history and potential value as classical fire ant biocontrol agents.
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