Myrmilla Wesmael, 1851

Lelej, Arkady S. & Brothers, Denis 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), pp. 1-79 : 36-37

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1889.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15651922

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scientific name

Myrmilla Wesmael, 1851
status

 

Myrmilla Wesmael, 1851 (as subgenus of Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758 ). Bull. Acad. R. Sci. Belg. 18(2): 365 (misspelled as Myrrmilla ), 373. Female, male.

Gender. Feminine.

Type species. Mutilla distincta Lepeletier, 1845 (female), by subsequent designation of Ashmead, 1903: 324 (junior subjective synonym of Mutilla calva Villers, 1789 (female), according to Morawitz, 1865: 121).

Taxonomic history. Raised to generic status by Ashmead, 1899: 54. Reduced to subgeneric status (in Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758 ) by André, 1901a: 176. Reinstated to generic status by André, 1902c: 24. Senior subjective synonym of Rudia Costa, 1858 . Valid generic name.

Sex association. The male of the type species was associated and identified (as Mutilla incompleta Lepeletier, 1845: 609 ) by Wesmael, 1851: 373.

Distribution. Palaearctic, Oriental, Afrotropical.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mutillidae

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