Acrophotopsis Schuster, 1958

Brothers, Denis J., Lelej, Arkady S. & Williams, Kevin A., 2019, Genus-group names of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera): corrections and updates since 2008, Zootaxa 4651 (3), pp. 578-588 : 578-579

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4651.3.10
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4337765
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scientific name	Acrophotopsis Schuster, 1958
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Acrophotopsis Schuster, 1958 . Ent. Amer. (N.S.) 37: 4, 10 (in keys); 61 (description). Male, female.

Gender. Feminine.

Type species. Acrophotopsis eurygnathus Schuster, 1958 (male), by original designation (junior subjective synonym of Mutilla dirce Fox, 1899 (female), according to Pitts & Wilson 2009: 208).

Taxonomic history. Valid generic name.

Sex association. The female of the type species was associated and identified (as Mutilla dirce Fox, 1899: 257 ) by Pitts & Wilson 2009: 208.

Distribution. Nearctic.

References

Fox, W. J. (1899) The North American Mutillidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 25, 219 - 292.

Pitts, J. P. & Wilson, J. S. (2009) Description of the female of Acrophotopsis (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with synonymy of Sphaeropthalma dirce. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 18 (2), 205 - 211.

Schuster, R. M. (1958 [ 1957 ]) A revision of the sphaeropthalmine Mutillidae of America north of Mexico, II. Entomologica Americana (New Series), 37, 1 - 130.