Author:
TURRISI GIUSEPPE FABRIZIO,MATTEINI PALMERINI MAURIZIO,DEMETRIOU JAKOVOS,MATTEINI PALMERINI MARGHERITA,FORBICIONI LEONARDO
Abstract
New teratological cases including one gynandromorph and chromatic aberrations of Mutillidae are described based on the examination of 27 specimens belonging to Myrmilla (Pseudomutilla) capitata (Lucas, 1848), Myrmilla (Myrmilla) erythrocephala (Latreille, 1792), Myrmilla (Pseudomutilla) glabrata (Fabricius, 1775), Mutilla europaea Linnaeus, 1758, Mutilla quinquemaculata Cyrillo, 1787, Ronisia barbara barbara (Linnaeus, 1758), Ronisia brutia brutia (Petagna, 1787), Tropidotilla litoralis (Petagna, 1787), Nemka viduata viduata (Pallas, 1773), Physetopoda cf. pusilla (Klug, 1835), Smicromyrme giarabubensis Invrea, 1932, Smicromyrme partitus partitus (Klug, 1835), Smicromyrme perisii (Sichel & Radoszkoswski, 1870), Smicromyrme ruficollis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1793), and Smicromyrme ruficollis ceresae Invrea, 1952. A brief account of data from scientific literature, as well a discussion on the ascertained cases are provided. Key Words: teratology, gynandromorphism, chromatic aberrations, Mutillidae, Palaearctic, description, discussion.
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences