Vestigipoda
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vestigipoda-188-15622507
title:
Vestigipoda
text:
Vestigipoda is a genus of myrmecophilous flies in the family Phoridae which live in the nests of army ants. The genus was discovered in Malaysia in 1994 from a colony of Aenictus gracilis and described in 1996 by dipterologist Ronald Henry Disney. The biology of Vestigipoda is still poorly understood, but they are highly derived and specialized for posing as ants and living inside ant colonies. Their eggs closely resemble the eggs of their hosts. Adult females are legless, wingless, and mimic th
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of myrmecophilous flies
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestigipoda
date created:
2024-08-30T03:15:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T00:09:04Z
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