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pergandei group

Phorid - Apocephalus coquilletti - female

Apocephalus coquilletti? - Apocephalus coquilletti - female

ant-decapitating fly - Apocephalus coquilletti - female

Apocephalus pergandei group - Apocephalus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Aschiza")

Superfamily Platypezoidea

Family Phoridae (Scuttle Flies)

Subfamily Metopininae

Genus Apocephalus (Ant-decapitating Flies)

No Taxon pergandei group

Numbers

11 Nearctic spp.(1):

Apocephalus frameatus Brown, 2002 - SE USA (FL, GA)

Apocephalus concisus Brown, 2002 - SE USA (FL, GA, MD, MO)

Apocephalus glomerosus Brown, 2002 - only known from Missouri

Apocephalus coquilletti Malloch, 1912 - eastern North America (CAN: ON, QC; USA: CT, IA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, TX, WV)

Apocephalus disparicauda Borgmeier, 1962 - NE USA (MN, NY, VA)

Apocephalus pergandei Coquillett, 1901 - North America (widespread)

Apocephalus rugosus Brown, 2002 - only known from Missouri and Ontario

Apocephalus similis Malloch, 1912 - SW USA (AZ, TX)

Apocephalus aquilonius Brown, 2002 - SW USA (AZ, CA)

Apocephalus horridus Borgmeier, 1963 - western North America (CAN: BC; USA: AZ, CA, CO, NM, OR, TX, UT, WA)

Apocephalus wirthi Borgmeier, 1963 - eastern USA west to AZ (AZ, FL, GA, MD, VA)

Identification

Females are generally needed for species identifications. Male-female associations are not well-known.(1)

Remarks

Species with known hosts in this group attack Camponotus species. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the Apocephalus pergandei-group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Brown, B.V. 2002. Contributions in Science, 496: 1-58.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 2 June, 2014 - 10:01pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 December, 2014 - 12:15pm

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