Three species of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera: Myrmosinae), Myrmosa unicolor Say, Myrmosina nocturna Krombein, and Myrmosula parvula (Fox), are reported from Mississippi for the first time. Notes on M. parvula and its interactions with a gregarious nesting bee species, Lasioglossum (Dialictus) imitatum (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), are given.
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1 May 2006
NEW STATE RECORDS OF MYRMOSINAE (HYMENOPTERA: MUTILLIDAE) FROM MISSISSIPPI, U.S.A. WITH NOTES ON INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MYRMOSULA PARVULA (HYMENOPTERA: MYRMOSINAE) AND LASIOGLOSSUM IMITATUM (HYMENOPTERA: HALICTIDAE)
Joe A. MacGown
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communal nest
halictidae
Lasioglossum imitatum
Mississippi
Mutillidae
Myrmosa unicolor
Myrmosina nocturna