The first sexual associations in the genus Darditilla Casal, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae)

By

Luz, David R.
Williams, Kevin A.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

454

Pages

41-68

Subjects

formiga feiticeira , Neotropical , Pseudomethocina , Sphaeropthalminae , Sphaeropthalmini , velvet ants

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.454.8558

 

Abstract

New sex associations are proposed for four species of Darditilla: D. amabilis (Gerstaecker, 1874); D. bejaranoi Casal, 1968; D. debilis (Gerstaecker, 1874); and D. felina (Burmeister, 1854). Darditilla botija Casal, 1965, syn. n. is the male of D. amabilis; the other three males were previously unknown. Mutilla decorosa Kohl, 1882, syn. n. is conspecific with D. felina. Descriptions and extended diagnoses are provided for previously unknown males and for females that were not adequately described. These represent the first sex associations for the genus Darditilla.