Myrmecophagy in Mycetophiloidea (Diptera): Note on a Keroplatidae from Africa1,2

Gabriel Debout

doi:10.1646/03020

We can help you reset your password using the email address linked to your BioOne Complete account.

Registered users receive a variety of benefits including the ability to customize email alerts, create favorite journals list, and save searches. Please note that a BioOne web account does not automatically grant access to full-text content. An institutional or society member subscription is required to view non-Open Access content. Contact helpdesk@bioone.org with any questions.

All Fields are Required

First Name

Last/Family Name

Password

Password Requirements: Minimum 8 characters, must include as least one uppercase, one lowercase letter, and one number or permitted symbol Valid Symbols for password:
~ Tilde
! Exclamation Mark
@ At sign
$ Dollar sign
^ Caret
( Opening Parenthesis
) Closing Parenthesis
_ Underscore
. Period

Confirm Password

Web Account created successfully

Gabriel Debout¹

¹CEFE-CNRS 1919, route de Mende 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France debout_gabriel@hotmail.com

Abstract

Information on an undescribed keroplatid fly (tribe Orfeliini) from Cameroon is presented. Its myrmecophagous larvae live in hollow stems of an understory myrmecophytic tree. Data on the biology of this fly and its interaction with one of the plant's strictly associated ant species Cataulacus mckeyi (Myrmicinae) showed that the number of keroplatid larvae per tree was not limited by occupation competition with the ant. Through predation on workers, keroplatid larvae may have a sizeable impact on colonies of C. mckeyi.

Citation Download Citation

Gabriel Debout "Myrmecophagy in Mycetophiloidea (Diptera): Note on a Keroplatidae from Africa," BIOTROPICA 36(1), 122-126, (1 March 2004). https://doi.org/10.1646/03020

Published: 1 March 2004