A quadriocellar scoliid wasp (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae) from Mallorca, with a brief account of supernumerary ocelli in insects

A remarkable teratological female of Megascolia (Regiscolia) maculata flavifrons (Fabricius, 1775) (Scoliidae: Scoliinae: Scoliini) with a supernumerary median ocellus is described and illustrated. While supernumerary ocelli have been reported before from Diptera, Orthoptera, and Hymenoptera, this i...

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Main Authors: Volker Lohrmann, Michael S. Engel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2015-09-01
Series:Zoosystematics and Evolution
Online Access:http://zse.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=5463