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New Species of Scuttle Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Associated with a Ponerine Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Brazil

R. H. L. Disney, Marcos Antônio Lima Bragança, Marcos C. Teixeira

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Among scuttle flies caught at colonies of the ant Dinoponera lucida Emery (Ponerinae) were Apocephalus exlucida Disney new species and females of two species of Megaselia Rondani that, which in our present state of knowledge, cannot be named until associated with their males.

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Among scuttle flies caught at colonies of the ant Dinoponera lucida Emery (Ponerinae) were Apocephalus exlucida Disney new species and females of two species of Megaselia Rondani that, which in our present state of knowledge, cannot be named until associated with their males.

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Among scuttle flies caught at colonies of the ant Dinoponera lucida Emery (Ponerinae) were Apocephalus exlucida Disney new species and females of two species of Megaselia Rondani that, which in our present state of knowledge, cannot be named until associated with their males.

Key concepts: Phoridae, Biology, Hymenoptera, ANT, Zoology, Ecology

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