title: The first sexual associations in the genus Darditilla Casal, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae).
abstract: New sex associations are proposed for four species of Darditilla: Darditillaamabilis (Gerstaecker, 1874); Darditillabejaranoi Casal, 1968; Darditilladebilis (Gerstaecker, 1874); and Darditillafelina (Burmeister, 1854). Darditillabotija Casal, 1965, syn. n. is the male of Darditillaamabilis; the other three males were previously unknown. Mutilladecorosa Kohl, 1882, syn. n. is conspecific with Darditillafelina. Descriptions and extended diagnoses are provided for previously unknown males and for females that were not adequately described. These represent the first sex associations for the genus Darditilla.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Biologia Comparada de Hymenoptera, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Luz
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Biologia Comparada de Hymenoptera, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, PR, Brazil ; Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 1911 SW 34th St., Gainesville, FL 32608, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Williams
keywords: Neotropical; Pseudomethocina; Sphaeropthalminae; Sphaeropthalmini; formiga feiticeira; velvet ants