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Issue: Vol. 4532 No. 1: 17 Dec. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-12-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.1.6
Page range: 104–112
Abstract views: 91
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Description of the male of Darditilla araxa (Cresson, 1902) (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) with geographical distribution, biological notes and key to males of Brazil

Graduate Program in Entomology, Department of Biology, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Laboratory of Ecological studies on ethology and evolution – Lestes, Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil Laboratory of Ecological Studies on Ethology and Evolution, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Laboratory of Ecological Studies on Ethology and Evolution, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Rodovia Dourados Itahum, km 12, Cidade Universitária, Caixa Postal 364 79804-970, Dourados, MS, Brazil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Rodovia Dourados Itahum, km 12, Cidade Universitária, Caixa Postal 364 79804-970, Dourados, MS, Brazil
Hymenoptera velvet ants sexual association Savannah Cerrado wasp

Abstract

The previously unknown male of Darditilla araxa is here described based on association with females in copula. We also present a map with its geographical distribution, additional biological notes and a key for known Brazilian males of Darditilla.

 

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