On the feeding habits ofRhynchopsilopa [Dip.: Ephydridae]

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1985 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Entomophaga, volume 30, pages 13-21 (issn: 0013-8959, eissn: 1573-8248,

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Authors: A. Freidberg; W. N. Mathis;

doi: 10.1007/bf02372278

On the feeding habits ofRhynchopsilopa [Dip.: Ephydridae]

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Further evidence for the myrmecophagous habits of adultRhynchopsilopa flies is supplied. The genus probably evolved in association with ants of the genusCrematogaster. The feeding behaviour ofR. nitidissima Hendel on workers ofCrematogaster is described. Choice experiments show an absolute preference forCrematogaster over 3 other and genera. The mouth parts ofR. nitidissima are briefly described.

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