Commoptera

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

REFERENCES


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 * 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.


 * [[Media:Commoptera Borgmeier.pdf| Borgmeier, T. (1928): Zur Kenntnis der myrmecophilen Phoridengattung Commoptera BRUES (Dipt.). – Wiener Entomologische Zeitung – 45: 1 - 7.]]


 * 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


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 * 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.


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 * Schmitz, H. 1924. Een nieuwe phoride, Cremersia zikani n. g. n. sp. Natuurhistorisch Maandblad 13: 32-34.