Apteromutilla Ashmead, 1903

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 : 8

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15651206

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scientific name

Apteromutilla Ashmead, 1903
status

 

Apteromutilla Ashmead, 1903 . Canad. Ent. 35: 324, 332. Male, female.

Gender. Feminine.

Type species. Mutilla aede Péringuey, 1899 (male), by original designation (misspelled as aeda).

Taxonomic history. Senior subjective synonym of Apterotilla Bischoff, 1920 . Valid generic name.

Sex association. The female was associated by Brothers, 1975: 590 . This was based on comparison between specimens of the type species and of Mutilla aethra Péringuey, 1899 (female) from the same area, having very similar general body form and colour pattern. DJB hereby formally transfers aethra to Apteromutilla . New combination.

Distribution. Afrotropical.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mutillidae

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