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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Scuttle Flies (Phoridae) » Metopininae » Puliciphora
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Puliciphora? - Puliciphora
Copyright © 2014 Even Dankowicz

Puliciphora? - Puliciphora
Champaign County, Illinois, USA
October 20, 2013
found underneath a rotting pumpkin (the numerous orange photos I submit are all from the same rotting pumpkin). The rotting pumpkin also had a Prenolepis imparis colony underneath, some unidentified rove beetles, and some pillbugs. Additionally, there was another Tapinoma sessile colony about a foot and a half away from the P. imparis colony under the pumpkin, and the Tapinoma ants were also all over the pumpkin.
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Contributed by Even Dankowicz on 13 February, 2014 - 9:10pm
Last updated 29 August, 2017 - 11:18pm

Moved
Moved from Scuttle Flies.
… Brad Barnd, 29 August, 2017 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

female Puliciphora sp.
female Puliciphora sp.
… Brian V. Brown, 29 August, 2017 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Brad Barnd, 18 May, 2014 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

Phoridae
Clearly a Phoridae, but I cannot confirm Puliciphora from this angle.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 18 May, 2014 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Is the information about the
Is the information about the ants at all relevant?
… Even Dankowicz, 18 May, 2014 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Hmm, as far as I'm concern, n
Hmm, as far as I'm concern, no. However, I'm not a phorid secialist, so I can be wrong. I often observe these wingless Phoridae under forest litter, but honestly, I don't know on what they feed on. However, I never add the impression of a link with ants. Some Phoridae are associated with ants, but in this case, I don't feel it is the case; but again, I can be wrong.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 18 May, 2014 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scuttle Flies.
… Even Dankowicz, 18 May, 2014 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

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