Psilus ? - pupal Pholeomyia comans associated with Atta texana

(id: 507)

Originally cited and (current family): Psilus (Diapriidae) / Pholeomyia comans (Milichiidae) / Atta texana (Formicidae)

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Key: reference lot specimen refuting
referenceMoser, J. C., and S. E. Neff. 1971. Pholeomyia comans (Diptera: Milichiidae) an associate of Atta texana: Larval anatomy and notes on biology. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Entomologie [=Journal of Applied Entomology] 69:343-348.
confidence Multiple isolated single hosts from wild, with host remains isolated following emergence/dissection.
notes Original reference replicated in Muesebeck (1980), "...from detrius cavities of at least 3 nests. In all cases, adults emerged from puparia within 2 weeks after collection."
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created/modified 01/16/2008 01/16/2008