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Mutillidae

Mutillid wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

 

Mutillinae
  Myrmillinae
  Pseudophotopsidinae
  Rhopalomutillinae
Sphaeropthalminae
  Ticoplinae

Distribution

Cosmopolitan, but more diverse in the tropics.

Biology

Ectoparasitoids of larvae or pupa of other insects.

Reference

Brothers, D.J. & Finnamore A.T. 1993. Superfamily Vespoidea (pp. 161-278). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

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