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A second species of legless scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Author(s) -
Disney R. H. L.,
Weissflog A.,
Maschwitz U.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1998.tb00157.x
Subject(s) - phoridae , biology , hymenoptera , zoology , genus , larva , ecology
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.