Cremersia

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There is are 17 species in this parasitoid genus of Phoridae that attack ants.

List of Cremersia and their Host Ants
Genus and species Author and Year Ant Host Distribution
Cremersia adunca Borgmeier, 1961 Neivamyrmex texanus United States
Cremersia australis Borgmeier, 1928 ants
Cremersia bifidcauda Disney, 2007 ants Panama
Cremersia brasiliensis Borgmeier, 1928 ants
Cremersia costalis Borgmeier, 1925 ants
Cremersia crassicostalis Disney, 2008 Neivamyrmex pseudops Argentina
Cremersia crassispina Borgmeier, 1928 ants Trinidad and Tobago
Cremersia longipes Borgmeier, 1971 ants
Cremersia pernambucana Borgmeier, 1925 ants
Cremersia pilipes Borgmeier, 1961 ants Costa Rica, United States
Cremersia pilosa Borgmeier, 1928 ants
Cremersia salesiana Borgmeier, 1928 ants
Cremersia setitarsus Borgmeier, 1971 ants
Cremersia spinicauda Borgmeier, 1961 ants
Cremersia spinicosta (Malloch, 1912) ants United States
Cremersia spinosissima Borgmeier, 1925 ants
Cremersia zikani Schmitz, 1924 ants

REFERENCES

  • Borgmeier, Thomaz (1925). "Novos subsidios para o conhecimento da familia Phoridae". Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 25: 85–281. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  • Borgmeier, Thomas (1928). "Nota previa sobre alguns phorideos que parasitam formigas cortadeiras dos generos Atta e AcroPmyrmex". Bol. Biol. Lab. Arasit. Fac. Med. S. Paulo. 1928: 119–126.
  • Borgmeier, T. (1961). "Weitere Beitraege zur Kenntnis der neotropischen Phoriden, nebst Beschreibung einiger Dohrniphora-Arten aus der indo-australischen Region (Diptera, Phoridae)". Studia Entomologica. 4: 1–112.
  • Borgmeier, T. (1971). "Further studies on phorid flies, mainly of the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Phoridae)". Studia Entomologica. 14: 1–172.
  • Brown BV. Differential host use by neotropical phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) that are parasitoids of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Sociobiology. 1999;33(3):95–103.
  • Brown BV, Kung GA, Porras W. A new type of ant-decapitation in the Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera). Biodivers Data J. 2015 Jan 2;(3):e4299
  • Disney, Ronald & Rettenmeyer, C.W.. (2007). New species and revisionary notes on scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with neotropical army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology. 49. 1-58.
  • Disney, R.H.L.; Franquinho Aguiar, Antonio M. (2008). "Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of Madeira". Fragmenta Faunistica. 51: 23–62.
  • Kung, G.-A. & Brown, B.V. 2005. New species of Dohrniphora related to D. longirostrata (Diptera: Phoridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98: 55-62.
  • Malloch, J.R. (1912). "The insects of the dipterous family Phoridae in the United States National Museum". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 43 (1938): 411–529.
  • Schmitz, H. 1924. Een nieuwe phoride, Cremersia zikani n. g. n. sp. Natuurhistorisch Maandblad 13: 32-34.