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Published: 2005-09-16
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Description of a new species in the Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA
Hymenoptera Sphaeropthaminae solitary wasp velvet ant

Abstract

A new species, Sphaeropthalma nocticaro, is described from Oaxaca, Mexico and Petén, Guatemala. This species is placed into the S. pensylvanica species-group, with which it shares many morphological characters. This species-group is found predominately in the Southeastern USA ranging into eastern Texas, and addition of this new species greatly extends the geographic range of this group.

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