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Pseudophotopsis André

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

Pseudophotopsis André, 1896
Pseudophotopsis aurea (Klug, 1829)
 

Pseudophotopsis mascatiana Invrea, 1962
 

Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff, 1920

Distribution

 Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions.

Biology

 Unknown, most species are nocturnal.

References

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

Lo Cascio, P., Romano, M. & Grita, F. 2012. New species and new records of mutillid wasps from the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52: 525-544.

Credits

Photographs © Denis Brothers (University of Kwazulu-Natal)

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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