We tested the host specificity of two South American Pseudacteon phorid flies, P. obtusus Borgmeier and P. borgmeieri Schmitz, on North American colonies of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis ...
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Erica calls the Phoridae family the “most ecologically diverse family of animals on planet”, and they are certainly, well… talented. The female of what Erica calls the “coffin scuttler ...
Finally, flies in the family Phoridae are parasitoids of fire ants and many studies have examined their usefulness as biological control of fire ants. These flies decapitate fire ants, but ...