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Issue: Vol. 137 No. 1: 24 Jan. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-01-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.137.1.1
Page range: 1–10
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 5

Description of the female and larval stage of Odontophotopsis succinea Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with new synonymy and notes

Department of Biology, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA
4516 China Rose Circle, Reno, Nevada 88952, USA
Hymenoptera Oxybelus uniglumis Crabronidae parasitoid velvet ant

Abstract

Four specimens of Odontophotopsis succinea Viereck eclosed from cocoons of Oxybelus uniglumis (L.) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) collected in Davis, California. One specimen is a female and is described below. The larval stage is also described based on a larval exuvium. This record represents the second host record and the first descriptions of the female and the larva for Odontophotopsis. After study of the holotypes of several Odontophotopsis species by JPP, O. annulata Baker is synonymized with O. succinea Viereck.

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