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Nothomicrodon aztecarum (Wheeler, 1924)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last Record: 1924 or before. Since rediscovered.

 

Distribution

Brazil & Panama

 

Biology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Wheeler, W. M. (1924). Two extraordinary larval myrmecophiles from Panama. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 10: 237-244.

 

Other references:

Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud, Benoit J. B. Jahyny, Gunilla Ståhls, Graham Rotheray, Jacques H. C. Delabie & Jean-Paul Lachaud. (2017). Rediscovery and reclassification of the dipteran taxon Nothomicrodon Wheeler, an exclusive endoparasitoid of gyne ant larvae. Scientific Reports 7: 45530.

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/22196/nothomicrodon-aztecarum

 

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