Description of the female, redescription of the male, and host associations of the Nearctic species Sphaeropthalma jacala Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1011, 2005, Pages 55-64

  Pitts, James P ^a   Parker, Frank D ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Solitary wasp; Sphaeropthalminae; Velvet ant

Indexed keywords

CENTRIS; CHRYSIS; HYMENOPTERA; MUTILLIDAE; SPHAEROPTHALMA; TRYPOXYLON;

EID: 33745277588     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1011.1.2     Document Type: Article

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