Photomorphus (Photomorphina), Schuster, 1952

Brothers, Denis J., Lelej, Arkady S. & Williams, Kevin A., 2019, Genus-group names of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera): corrections and updates since 2008, Zootaxa 4651 (3), pp. 578-588 : 582-583

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4651.3.10
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4337757
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scientific name	Photomorphus (Photomorphina)
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Photomorphina Schuster, 1952 (as subgenus of Photomorphus Viereck, 1903 ). Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bull. 47: 53. Male, female.

Gender. Feminine.

Type species. Photomorphus (Photomorphina) aurifer Schuster, 1952 (male), by original designation (misspelled as aurifera).

Taxonomic history. Senior homonym and senior subjective synonym of Photomorphina Schuster, 1958 . Valid subgeneric name.

Sex association. The female of the type species has not been recognized; the presumed females of another species were associated and described by Brabant et al., 2010: 60–64.

Distribution. Nearctic, Neotropical.

Brabant, C. M., Williams, K. A. & Pitts, J. P. (2010) True females of the subgenus Photomorphina Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa, 2559, 58 - 68. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2559.1.5

Schuster, R. M. (1952) Notes on North American Mutillidae II. Some new species of the genus Photomorphus. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 47, 53 - 64.

Schuster, R. M. (1958 [ 1957 ]) A revision of the sphaeropthalmine Mutillidae of America north of Mexico, II. Entomologica Americana (New Series), 37, 1 - 130.

Viereck, H. L. (1903) A group of diurnal Mutillidae (Hymenoptera). Entomological News, 14 (8), 249 - 251.