Mutillidae Latreille, 1802
Biology
Larval ectoparasitoids on immature stages of Blattaria, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera (Brother 1989, Brother et al. 2000)
Sources
Barthélémy C & Guénard B. 2025. An annotated and illustrated checklist of Hong Kong aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoid wasps; Pompilioidea; Scolioidea; Thynnoidea; Tiphioidea; Vespoidea; Chrysidoidea). Insecta Mundi 1115: 1–230.
Brothers DJ. 1989. Alternative life-history styles of mutillid wasps (Insecta, Hymenoptera). p. 279–291. In: Bruton MN (ed.), Alternative life-history styles of animals. Perspectives in Vertebrate Science 6. Kluwer Academic Publishers; Dordrecht, Netherland. 617 p. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2605-9_14
Brothers DJ, Tschuch G & Burger F. 2000. Associations of mutillid wasps (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with eusocial insects. Insectes Sociaux 47: 201–211. https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00001704