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Afrotropical Pseudophotopsidinae

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Vespoidea: Family: Mutillidae)

Classification

Pseudophotopsis André, 1896

Distribution

Afrotropical, Oriental and Palearctic regions.

Biology

Unknown, most species are nocturnal.

References

Lelej, A.S. & Brothers, D.J. 2008. The genus-group names of Mutillidae Hymenoptera. and their type species, with a new genus, new name, new synonymies, new combinations and lectotypifications. Zootaxa 1889: 1–79.

Lelej, A.S. & van Harten, A. 2006. A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Yemen. Zootaxa 1226: 1-50.

Nonveiller, G. 1974. Recherches sur les Mutillidés de l’Afrique Hymenoptera, Mutillidae. V.

Description du mâle encore inconnu de Pseudophotopsis continua F. seul représentant du genre

en Afrique occidentale. Annales de la Faculté des Sciences du Cameroun 18: 95–108.

Credits

Photographs © Denis Brothers (University of Kwazulu-Natal).


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