Apocephalus Publications

Brown, B.V. 1993. Taxonomy and preliminary phylogeny of the parasitic genus Apocephalus, subgenus Mesophora (Diptera: Phoridae). Systematic Entomology. 18: 191-230. PDF

Brown, B.V. 1994. Life history parameters and new host records of phorid parasitoids of fireflies. Coleopterists Bulletin. 48: 145-147. PDF

Brown, B.V. 1994. Revision and new species of the Apocephalus (Mesophora) truncaticercus-infragroup (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science. No. 449, 7 pp. PDF

Brown, B.V. 1996. Preliminary analysis of a host shift: revision of the Neotropical species of Apocephalus, subgenus Mesophora (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science. No. 462, 36 pp.PDF

Brown, B.V. 1996. A further species of Apocephalus, subgenus Mesophora (Diptera: Phoridae) parasitic on stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae). Studia dipterologica. 3: 231-235.

Brown, B.V. 1997. Revision of the Apocephalus attophilus-group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science. No. 468, 60 pp. PDF

Brown, B.V. 1999. Differential host use by neotropical phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) that are parasitoids of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology. 33: 95-103.

Brown, B.V. 2000. Revision of the "Apocephalus miricauda-group" of ant-parasitizing flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science. No. 482, 62 pp. PDF

Brown, B.V. 2002. Revision of the Apocephalus pergandei-group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science. No. 496, 58 pp. PDF

Brown, B.V. 2004. Diversity of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae: Apocephalus) from the ALAS project: new results and projections. Sociobiology. 44: 683-688.

Brown, B.V. 2009. Three new species of parasitoid Phoridae (Diptera) from the Neotropical Region. Sociobiology. 54: 715-722. PDF

Brown, B.V., R.H.L. Disney, L. Elizalde, & P.J. Folgarait. 2010. New species and new records of Apocephalus Coquillett (Diptera: Phoridae) that parasitize ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in South America. Sociobiology. 55: 165-190. PDF

Brown, B.V. and D.H. Feener, Jr. 1991. Life history parameters and description of the larva of Apocephalus paraponerae (Diptera: Phoridae), a parasitoid of the giant tropical ant Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History. 25: 221-321.

Brown, B.V. and D.H. Feener, Jr. 1991. Behavior and host location cues of Apocephalus paraponerae (Diptera: Phoridae), a parasitoid of the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biotropica. 23: 182-187.

Brown, B.V. and D.H. Feener, Jr. 1998. Parasitic phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ecitoninae, Dorylinae) and their conservation biology. Biotropica. 30: 482-487.

Brown, B. V. & E. G. LeBrun. 2010. Ant-decapitating flies, Apocephalus, subgenus Apocephalus Coquillett (Insecta: Diptera: Phoridae), of southern Arizona. Contributions in Science. 519: 1-24. PDF

Corona, E.M. and B. V. Brown. 2004. Two new species of the Apocephalus attophilus-group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Sociobiology. 44: 689-693.

Morehead, S., J. Seger, D. H. Feener, Jr. and B. V. Brown. 2001. Evidence for a cryptic species complex in the ant parasitoid Apocephalus paraponerae (Diptera: Phoridae). Evolutionary Ecology Research. 3: 273-284.