title: Two new bee-killing flies from Brazil (Insecta: Diptera: Phoridae: Melaloncha).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The genus Melaloncha is a large group of species of parasitoid phorid flies that attack Hymenoptera, mostly stingless bees (Meliponinae, Apidae) in the Neotropical Region.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Two new Brazilian species, Melaloncha (Melaloncha) peacockorum sp. n. and Melaloncha (Udamochiras) nielsi sp. n., are described and their identification clarified.
authors.affiliation: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, United States of America.
authors.forename: Brian V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Brown
keywords: Neotropical; Phoridae; parasitoid; taxonomy