Notes on the genera Physetopoda and Smicromyrme from the Mediterranean area (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae)
Journal: Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino
Year: 2021

The genera Physetopoda Shuster, 1949 and Smicromyrme Thomson, 1970 are the most common and widespread representatives of Smicromyrmini in the Mediterranean area. After Lelej’s (2002) catalogue of the Palaeartic Mutillidae, the main works for the identification and taxonomy of these two genera were mostly fragmented and limited to Russia and Central Asia (Lelej, 2003), Oriental region (Lelej, 2005) part of Arabia (Lelej &amp; Van Harten, 2006), and Europe (Pagliano &amp; Strumia, 2007). Northern