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TRICHOPRIA SP. (HYMENOPTERA: DIAPRIIDAE) REARED FROM MICRODON ALBICOMATUS NOVAK (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

G.S. Paulson  and
R.D. Akre
G.S. Paulson
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA 99164–6432
R.D. Akre
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA 99164–6432
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Microdon albicomatus Novak are obligate temporary myrmecophiles, passing their immature life in the nests of ants. Second and third larval instars are aggressive mimics of ant brood (Garnett et al. 1985). Larvae physically and chemically (Garnett et al. 1985; Stanley-Samuelson et al. 1990) resemble the ant cocoons upon which they prey and are transported with the ant brood by the worker ants.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 123 , Issue 3 , June 1991 , pp. 719
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1991

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References

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