Biological and taxonomic investigations on the mutillid wasps
By: by Clarence E. Mickel.
Series: Smithsonian institution. United States National museum. Bulletin; 143.
Publisher: U.S. Govt. print. off.
Published: 1928
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Mutillidae.
Description: As an outgrowth of earlier work done on the genital structures of male Mutillid wasps, the author's conviction that the biology of insects is as much a factor in their taxonomy and phylogeny as morphology led him to assemble all the knowledge regarding their biology and to carry on some minor researches that were included in Part 1 of this bulletin. He reviewed 630 references, listed in the bibliography and undertook a study of the genotypes of the family, reporting the results in Part 2. This bulletin provides descriptions of multiple specimens examined.
Notes: "Annotated bibliography": p. 305-338.
Issued also as thesis (Ph. D.) University of Minnesota.