Field Observations onMilichia patriziiAnt-Mugging Flies (Diptera: Milichiidae: Milichiinae) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 2009 English Publisher:Natal Museum of South AfricaJournal:African Invertebrates, volume 50, pages 205-212 (issn: 1681-5556,

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Authors: Wild, Alexander L.; Brake, Irina;

doi: 10.5733/afin.050.0109

Field Observations onMilichia patriziiAnt-Mugging Flies (Diptera: Milichiidae: Milichiinae) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Abstract

Kleptoparasitic behaviour of a myrmecophilous fly, Milichia patrizii Hennig, 1952, towards the ant Crematogaster castanea tricolor Gerstaecker, 1859 in South Africa is documented, illustrated by photographs, and discussed.

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Biodiversity, Taxonomy

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