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Genus Xanionotum

Wingless Fly - Xanionotum - female another ant inquiline - Xanionotum - female ant inquiline - Xanionotum - female
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 Xanionotum
Explanation of Names
Xanionotum Brues 1902
Identification
Females have minute, rod-shaped wings with long hairs, and rows of long hairs along the posterior margin of each tergite.
Range
Southern USA to South America
Habitat
Associated with army ants
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