A New North American Species of Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae), Parasitic on Nylanderia arenivaga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Brian V. Brown; Scott A. Schneider; John S. LaPolla

doi:10.1603/AN10081

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Brian V. Brown,¹ Scott A. Schneider,^2,3 John S. LaPolla^2,*

¹1Entomology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles
²2Department of Biological Sciences, 8000 York Rd., Towson University, Towson, MD 21252.
³3Current address: Department of Biology, Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University

^*Corresponding author, e-mail: jlapolla@towson.edu.

Abstract

A new species of ant-parasitizing Pseudacteon Coquillett phorid is described. Pseudacteon gracilisetus n. sp. was discovered parasitizing the ant species Nylanderia arenivaga (Wheeler). This species is the second known Pseudacteon parasite of Nylanderia ants.

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Brian V. Brown, Scott A. Schneider, and John S. LaPolla "A New North American Species of Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae), Parasitic on Nylanderia arenivaga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104(1), 37-38, (1 January 2011). https://doi.org/10.1603/AN10081

Received: 19 May 2010; Accepted: 1 October 2010; Published: 1 January 2011