Pseudacteon tricuspis
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pseudacteon-tricuspis-176-7377823
title:
Pseudacteon tricuspis
text:
Pseudacteon tricuspis is a parasitoid phorid fly that decapitates its host, the imported Solenopsis invicta fire ant. There are over 70 described species within the Pseudacteon genus, which parasitize a variety of ant species. However, P. tricuspis is very specific to its host ant and will not attack other native ant species, making it a good biological control against the fire ant. P. tricuspis was also introduced into the United States for this purpose. Aside from the United States, P. tricusp
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of fly
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudacteon_tricuspis
date created:
2019-11-01T02:05:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T15:42:38Z
main entity:
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