Two new bee-killing flies from Brazil (Insecta: Diptera: Phoridae: Melaloncha)

By

Brown, Brian Victor

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-2-8

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

4

Pages

1--9

Subjects

Neotropical , parasitoid , Phoridae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7715

 

Abstract

The genus Melaloncha is a large group of species of parasitoid phorid flies that attack Hymenoptera, mostly stingless bees (Meliponinae, Apidae) in the Neotropical Region.<br> Two new Brazilian species, Melaloncha (Melaloncha) peacockorum sp. n. and Melaloncha (Udamochiras) nielsi sp. n., are described and their identification clarified.