Apocephalus

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Apocephalus
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Apocephalus longistylus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Phoridae
Tribe: Metopinini
Genus: Apocephalus
Coquillett, 1901 [1]
Type species
Apocephalus pergandei
Coquillett, 1901 [1]
Diversity
at least 300 species
Synonyms
  • Mesophora Borgmeier, 1937 [2]
  • PseudoplastophoraSchmitz, 1915 [3]
  • ZyziphoraPeterson & Robinson, 1976 [4]

Apocephalus is a genus of ant-decapitating flies (insects in the family Phoridae). There are at least 300 described species in Apocephalus. [5] [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Coquillett, Daniel William (1901). "[Apocephalus n. gen.]. In: Pergande, the ant decapitating fly". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 4: 501. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Borgmeier, T. (1937). "Uma nova especie de Apocephalus (Dipt. Phoridae), endoparasita de Chauliognathus fallax Germ. (Col. Cantharidae)". Revista de Entomologia. 7: 207–216.
  3. ↑ Schmitz, H. (1915). "Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der myrmecophilen und termitophilen Phoriden (Nr 16 bis 22: Neue Phoriden aus Vorderindien, gesammelt von J. Assmuth S. J., Bombay.)". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 34: 311–330.
  4. ↑ Peterson, B.V.; Robinson, W.H. (1976). "A new North American genus and species of the family Phoridae (Diptera)". The Canadian Entomologist. 108: 119–121.
  5. ↑ "Apocephalus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  6. ↑ "Browse Apocephalus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  7. ↑ "Apocephalus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  8. ↑ "Apocephalus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

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