Ecitoptera

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

REFERENCES
 * Borgmeier, T. 1923. Contribuição para o conhecimento dos phorideos do Brasil (Phoridae-Diptera). Archivos do Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro 24: 323-346.


 * Borgmeier, T. (1925). "Novos subsidios para o conhecimento da familia Phoridae". Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 25: 85–281, pls. I-XVII.


 * Borgmeier, T. 1959. Neue und wenig bekannte Phoriden aus der neotropischen Region. Nebst einigen Arten aud dem Belgischen Congo-Gebiet (Diptera, Phoridae). Studia ent. 2: 129-208.


 * Borgmeier, T. (1960). Revision der ecitophilen phoridengattung ecitoptera Borgmeier & Schmitz, mit Beschreibung von sechs neuen arten (Diptera, Phoridae). An. Acad. Bras. Cienc.


 * Borgmeier, T. (1963). Revision of the North American Phorid Flies. Part 1. (Dipt. Phoridae). Studia Ent.


 * Borgmeier, T., & Schmitz, H. (1923). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Phoriden Brasiliens. Dtsch. Ver. Wiss. Kunst Sao Paulo.


 * 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, H. R. L., & Berghoff, S. M. (2007). New species and new records of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Panama. Sociobiology.


 * Disney, R. H. L., & Berghoff, S. M. (2008). Further records, with a new species, of scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) associated with army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Panama. Sociobiology.


 * Enderlein, G. 1912. Die Phoridenfauna Süd-Brasiliens. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 73: 16-45. [1912.03.20]


 * 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. 1923. Zwei neue Phoriden aus Australien und Brasilien. Ent. Ber. 6: 188-192.


 * Schmitz, H. (1924). Phorideos Ecitophilos de Minas Geraes. Mus. Nacional Rio De Janeiro, Publ.