TY - JOUR T1 - Complete excavation and mapping of a Texas leafcutting ant nest JF - Annals of the Entomological Society of America Y1 - 2006 A1 - Moser, John C. SP - 891 EP - 897 KW - comans KW - Milichiidae KW - myrmekophilous KW - Pholeomyia AB - A medium-sized nest of the Texas leafcutting ant, Atta texana (Buckley), in northern Louisiana was excavated completely, and a three-dimensional model of its external and subterranean features was constructed. In total, 97 fungus gardens, 27 dormancy cavities, and 45 detritus cavities were located. At the lower center of the funnel-shaped nest was a large central cavity, which in winter functions as a domicile for the colony and where the alate brood is reared. Vertical tunnels, possibly as deep as 32 in, may serve as wells leading to the water table. Winter mean annual temperatures within the central cavity may limit the northern geographical range of A. texana to [approximately equal]33[degree] N latitude. The inquilines Attaphila fungicola Wheeler, Pholeomyia comans Sabrosky, Ceuthophilm sp., Lobopoda subcuneatus Campbell, Geomysaprinus nr. formicus (Hinton), species of Aleocharinae, and a species of Annelida were seen in nest cavities and galleries. VL - 99 SN - 0013-8746 UR - ://ZOOREC:ZOOR14304020788 U1 - ib ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Pholeomyia comans (Diptera: Milichiidae) an associate of Atta texana: Larval anatomy and notes on biology JF - Zeitschrift für angewandte Entomologie Y1 - 1971 A1 - Moser, John C. A1 - Neff, S. E. SP - 343 EP - 348 KW - Acari KW - biology KW - comans KW - larvae KW - larval morphology KW - Milichiidae KW - myrmecophyly KW - Nearctis KW - Pholeomyia KW - puparium VL - 69 UR - http://milichiidae.info/sites/milichiidae.info/files/Moser&Neff_1971.pdf U1 - ib ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A revision of the genus Pholeomyia in North America (Diptera: Milichiidae) JF - Annals of the Entomological Society of America Y1 - 1959 A1 - Sabrosky, C. W. SP - 316 EP - 331 KW - comans KW - dampfi KW - decorior KW - dispar KW - expansa KW - hurdi KW - images KW - indecora KW - key KW - latifrons KW - leucogastra KW - leucozona KW - longiseta KW - Milichiidae KW - myopa KW - Nearctis KW - nitidula KW - obscura KW - Pholeomyia KW - politifacies KW - pseudodecora KW - robertsoni KW - species description KW - texensis PB - The Entomological Society of America VL - 52 UR - http://milichiidae.info/sites/milichiidae.info/files/Sabrosky_1959_316.pdf U1 - ib ER -