The Males of Rhynchomicropteron (Diptera: Phoridae)

Sociobiology

R. Henry L. Disney¹ 

[1] University of Cambridge

关键词: Oecophylla smaragdina;    nests;    caste;    colony structure;   

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来源: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil

【 摘 要 】

The genusRhynchomicropteronAnnandal (1912) has distinctive, myrmecophilous, flightless females. The females of the 17 Oriental species are keyed by Disney & Kistner (1998), supplemented by Disney (1999, 2010). Until Brown (1992) rearedR. nudiventerPapp in Thailand, the males had been assigned to the genusGymnoseliaSchmitz (1927). This ‘genus’ contained the type species,R. curvescens(Schmitz 1927) andR. nudicosta(Brues 1907). Neither of these have been linked to their females. Recently Lengyel (2011) has described both sexes of a species from Israel, and reported the presence of this genus in Africa and Australia. The males remain poorly known. The purpose of this paper is to provide a key to the known males, even though most remain unknown and some are given code numbers only until they can be linked to their females.

【 授权许可】

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