Systematics of Ant-Decapitating Flies, Genus Apocephalus (Insecta:Diptera:Phoridae)

蚂蚁断头蝇的系统学，Apocephalus 属（昆虫纲：双翅目：蝇科）

• 批准号: 9407190
• 负责人: Brian Brown
• 金额: $ 27.89万
• 依托单位: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-08-15 至 1999-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9407190&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Systematics; Ant; Decapitating; Flies; Genus

9407190 BROWN This project provides funding for the study of five natural species groups of flies in the genus Apocephalus (Insecta: Diptera: Phoridae) that are parasites of ants. There are 110 described species in this genus, mostly from coastal Brazil, but many more species await discovery and description from throughout the western hemisphere. Massive collecting efforts utilizing Malaise traps will be conducted, supplemented by careful hand collecting to establish which ant species are the hosts of the parasites. Phylogenetic relationships among these flies will be deduced from characteristics of the external body structure and the pattern of ant host selection will be explored in light of these relationships. %%% The study of this genus of parasitic flies will include description of many new species and keys for their identification. It will provide information on a large group of little-known flies and contribute to our knowledge of insect biodiversity, especially for the South American tropics. Studies of the biology of these flies and their interaction with ant hosts could yield information that might be used to control pest ant species, such as the imported or introduced fire ant in the southeastern United States. ***

9407190 Brown该项目为研究Apcepephalus属（昆虫：双翅目：phoridae）的五个天然物种群的研究提供了资金。 该属中有110种描述的物种，主要来自巴西沿海，但是更多的物种正在等待整个西半球的发现和描述。 利用不适陷阱的大规模收集努力将进行，并通过仔细的手收集来补充，以确定哪些蚂蚁物种是寄生虫的宿主。 这些苍蝇之间的系统发育关系将从外部身体结构的特征中推导出来，并根据这些关系来探索蚂蚁宿主选择的模式。 %% %%对这种寄生蝇属的研究将包括对许多新物种和钥匙的描述。 它将提供有关大量鲜为人知的苍蝇的信息，并为我们对昆虫生物多样性的了解做出贡献，尤其是对于南美热带地区。 对这些苍蝇的生物学及其与蚂蚁宿主的相互作用的研究可能会产生可用于控制害虫蚂蚁物种的信息，例如在美国东南部进口或引入的火蚂蚁。 ***