2016•Biodiversity Data JournalOpen access

Two new bee-killing flies from Brazil (Insecta: Diptera: Phoridae: Melaloncha)

Brian V. Brown

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BACKGROUND: The genus Melaloncha is a large group of species of parasitoid phorid flies that attack Hymenoptera, mostly stingless bees (Meliponinae, Apidae) in the Neotropical Region. NEW INFORMATION: Two new Brazilian species, Melaloncha (Melaloncha) peacockorum sp. n. and Melaloncha (Udamochiras) nielsi sp. n., are described and their identification clarified.

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Key concepts: Phoridae, Hymenoptera, Biology, Parasitoid, Apidae, Zoology, Stingless bee, Genus