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Pensoft Publishers, Zoosystematics and Evolution, 2(91), p. 191-197, 2015

DOI: 10.3897/zse.91.5463

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

Journal article published in 2015 by Volker Lohrmann ORCID, Michael S. Engel
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

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 is the first record of such a malformation from a scoliid wasp. Four other teratological scoliid wasps have been reported in the literature but all were gynandromorphs. A brief summary of known records of supernumerary ocelli among insects is provided.