Pappognatha

Taxobox
name = "Pappognatha"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
subordo = Apocrita
superfamilia = Vespoidea
familia = Mutillidae
subfamilia = Sphaeropthalminae
genus = "Pappognatha"
genus_authority = Mickel, 1939
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 15 species

"Pappognatha" is a genus of mutillid wasps. Some members of this genus are ant mimics (e.g., "Pappognatha myrmiciformis" closely resembles the ant species "Camponotus sericeiventris" [Yanega, D. (1994) Arboreal, Ant-Mimicking Mutillid Wasps, "Pappognatha"; Parasites of Neotropical "Euglossa" (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae and Apidae). Biotropica 26: 465-468] ). These wasps occur in Central and South America, and are parasites of orchid bees in the genus "Euglossa" [Diomedes Quintero A. and Roberto A. Cambra (2005) "Pappognatha" Mickel (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae: Sphaeropthalminae): New Species, Sex Associations, Hosts, and New Distribution Records. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 14:191–199] .

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