Description: English: female, lateral photograph, from collection of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Date: 1 July 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Brian V. Brown.
Description: English: Phalacrotophora sp. Found in Bērzi village near Bauska city, Latvia. Date: 23 June 2013. Source: Own work. Author: AfroBrazilian.
Description: English: Phalacrotophora sp. Found in Bērzi village near Bauska city, Latvia. Date: 23 June 2013. Source: Own work. Author: AfroBrazilian.
Description: English: Phalacrotophora sp. Found in Bērzi village near Bauska city, Latvia. Date: 23 June 2013. Source: Own work. Author: AfroBrazilian.
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Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)
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Description: English: A female of Dohrniphora longirostrata decapitating an Odontomachus ant near Cabo Verde, Brazil. Date: 23 August 2014, 23:16:47. Source: Brown B, Kung G, Porras W (2015) A new type of ant-decapitation in the Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4299. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4299. Author: Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County).
Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)
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Description: English: A female of Dohrniphora longirostrata, lateral view. The long proboscis is used to decapitate ants. Date: 5 December 2014, 03:23:07. Source: Brown B, Kung G, Porras W (2015) A new type of ant-decapitation in the Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4299. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4299. Author: Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County).
Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)
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Description: English: Tip of female Dohrniphora longirostrata proboscis, which is used to separate an ant’s head from the rest of its body. Date: 27 July 2011, 08:38:42. Source: Brown B, Kung G, Porras W (2015) A new type of ant-decapitation in the Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4299. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4299. Author: Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County).
(photo by Inna Strazhnik) Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)
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Description: English: An Odontomachus ant eating a captured Dohrniphora conlanorum female. Date: 25 February 2012, 16:37:15. Source: Brown B, Kung G, Porras W (2015) A new type of ant-decapitation in the Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4299. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4299. Author: (photo by Inna Strazhnik) Brian V. Brown, Giar-Ann Kung, & Wendy Porras (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County).
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Description: English: Phoridae – Humpbacked flies • Larvae feed on decaying bodies • Some species can burrow to a depth of 50cm over 4 days • Important in buried bodies. Date: 24 October 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Rajashekhar nayak.
Description: English: Female Aenigmatias sp. female from Diamond-X Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles Co., California, USA. Date:. Source: Own work. Author: Phoridae.