Hoplognathoca Suárez, 1962 . Eos, Madrid 38(1): 116. Female, male.

Gender. Feminine.

Type species. Mutilla croesus Gerstaecker, 1874 (female), by original designation (junior subjective synonym of Mutilla (Sphaeropthalma) robinsonii Blake, 1871 (female), according to Suárez, 1963b: 64).

Taxonomic history. Junior subjective synonym of Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896 according to Cambra & Quintero, 1992: 476. Resurrected to generic status by Cambra, 1997: 127. Valid generic name.

Sex association. The male of the type species has not been recognized; the male of another species was associated and described by Cambra & Quintero, 2003: 488.

Distribution. Neotropical.