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Natural history and morphology of the hoverfly Pseudomicrodon biluminiferus and its parasitic relationship with ants nesting in bromeliads

The syrphid subfamily Microdontinae is characterized by myrmecophily of their immature stages, i.e., they develop in ant nests. Data on natural history of microdontines are scarce, especially in the Neotropics. Based on fieldwork in southern Brazil, this study provided new data on development and ec...

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Autores principales: Schmid, Volker S., Morales, Mírian N., Marinoni, Luciane, Kamke, Rafael, Steiner, Josefina, Zillikens, Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5657375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25373185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jis/14.1.38