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TRICHOPRIA SP. (HYMENOPTERA: DIAPRIIDAE) REARED FROM MICRODON ALBICOMATUS NOVAK (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2012
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Microdon albicomatus Novak are obligate temporary myrmecophiles, passing their immature life in the nests of ants. Second and third larval instars are aggressive mimics of ant brood (Garnett et al. 1985). Larvae physically and chemically (Garnett et al. 1985; Stanley-Samuelson et al. 1990) resemble the ant cocoons upon which they prey and are transported with the ant brood by the worker ants.
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