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Apocephalus

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Apocephalus is a genus of ant-decapitating flies (insects in the family Phoridae). There are at least 300 described species in Apocephalus.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyPhoridae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
26
Family
Phoridae
Collections
UAM, USNM, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, UCONN, MZLU
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Panama, Honduras, Peru, Ecuador

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Phoridae
Image
Adult female Apocephalus borealis.png
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Commons category
Apocephalus
taxon name
Apocephalus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Apocephalus
taxon common name
Ant-decapitating Flies
diel cycle
diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview

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Apocephalus is a genus of ant-decapitating flies (insects in the family Phoridae). There are at least 300 described species in Apocephalus.

==See also== List of Apocephalus species

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