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

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Keywords: Sphaeropthalminae · Topics: Plant and animal studies, Fossil Insects in Amber, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

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.

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