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Dolichomutilla bequaerti
Bischoff, 1920
(Democratic Republic of Congo)
Dolichomutilla guineensis
(Fabricius, 1793)
(Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, South Africa)
Dolichomutilla langenburgensis André, 1908
(Tanzania)
Dolichomutilla lessensis Bradley & Bequaert, 1923
(Democratic Republic of Congo)
Dolichomutilla scutellifera (André, 1895)
(Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Sierra Leone) |
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Dolichomutilla
sycorax (Smith, 1855) (Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania) |
Distribution
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Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique,
Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania. |
Biology |
Reared from
nests of various mud wasps in particular sphecid wasps in the tribe
Sceliphrini (Baylis & Brothers, 2001). |
References |
Bayliss, P.S. &
Brothers, D.J. 2001. Behaviour and Host Relationships of Dolichomutilla
sycorax (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae, Sphecidae). Journal of
Hymenoptera Research 10: 1-9.
Picker,
M., Griffiths, C & Weaving, A. 2002. Field Guide to Insects of South Africa.
Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
Smith, F. 1879.
Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in the British Museum, London.
240 pp. |
Credits
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Photographs © Athol Marchant (Kwazulu-Natal).
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