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Myrmosid Wasps
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Myrmosid Wasps

Myrmosidae

The Myrmosidae are a small family of wasps very similar to the Mutillidae, and in the same superfamily, but sister taxon to Sapygidae. As in mutillids, females are flightless, and are kleptoparasites in the nests of fossorial bees and wasps.

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6 branches of this family, most-observed first

Myrmosa

genusMyrmosa

Myrmosula

genusMyrmosula

Paramyrmosa

genusParamyrmosa

Krombeinella

genusKrombeinella

Pseudomyrmosa

genusPseudomyrmosa

Kudakrumia

genusKudakrumia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 246226.