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Pseudacteon fowleri Pesquero 2000

Description

Pseudacteon fowleri Pesquero, 2000

Material examined. BRAZIL, Bahia: Ilhéus (CEPLAC– CEPEC, 14°45′17.7″S 39°13′56.1″W), 16 ♀, 03.X.2012, T.P.L. Pereira leg. (MZFS).

Distribution. BRAZIL: states of Bahia (New Record), Goiás and São Paulo; FRENCH GUYANA; GUYANA (Patrock 2010; Plowes et al., 2009).

Field observations. The specimens were collected associated with a colony of Solenopsis saevissima.

Notes

Published as part of Pereira, Thalles Platiny Lavinscky, Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles & Bravo, Freddy, 2015, New species and records of Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907 (Diptera, Phoridae), parasitoids of the fire ant Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), pp. 585-590 in Zootaxa 4021 (4) on page 586, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/243522

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Pesquero
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Phoridae
Genus
Pseudacteon
Species
fowleri
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudacteon fowleri Pesquero, 2000 sec. Pereira, Delabie & Bravo, 2015

References

  • Pesquero, M. A. (2000) Two new species of Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae) parasitoids of fire ants (Solenopsis spp.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Brazil. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 108, 243 - 247. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1664 / 0028 - 7199 (2000) 108 [0243: TNSOPD] 2.0. CO; 2
  • Plowes, R. M., Lebrun, E. G., Brown, B. V. & Gilbert, L. E., (2009) A Review of Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae) that parasitize ants of the Solenopsis geminate complex (hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 102 (no. 6), 937 - 958. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1603 / 008.102.0604