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Systematics, Morphology and Biogeography • Rev. Bras. entomol. 50 (3) • Sept 2006 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262006000300007   copy

Sexual associations for two species of mutillid wasps (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae), with the description of a new species of Anomophotopsis

Associação de sexos em duas espécies de vespas mutilídeas (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae), com a descrição de uma nova espécie de Anomophotopsis

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The sexes of Pseudometocha melanocephala (Perty, 1833) and of a new species of Anomophotopsis are associated based on mating pairs found in the field and also in laboratory mating trials. The previously unknown male of Pseudomethoca melanocephala (Perty, 1833) and both sexes of Anomophotopsis quinteroi Cambra, sp. nov., are described. We present the first distribution record of P. melanocephala from Argentina. Anecdotal data on their mating behavior are also discussed.

Brazil; Pseudomethoca; sex association; Neotropical

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