Apocephalus

There are a few species out of 332 species in this parasitoid genus of Phoridae that attack ants. The geographic range of A. paraponerae is generally coextensive with that of its host, P. clavata. They both occupy the neotropical region and are widespread in the lowland rainforests of Brazil, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and northern Argentina. Material examined: 1 female, ARGENTINA, Santiago del Estero, near Brea Pozo, March 2002, over Atta vollenweideri, L. Elizalde.

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 * Coquillett, Daniel William (1901). "[Apocephalus n. gen.]. In: Pergande, the ant decapitating fly". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 4: 501.


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