The Bradynobaenidae are a family of wasps similar to the
Mutillidae, differing most visibly in the presence, in females, of a suture separating the
pronotum from the
mesonotum. These species are often found in arid regions.
Taxonomy
Recent classifications (beginning in 2008) remove two of the constituent subfamilies, both from the
New World, to a separate family
Chyphotidae, thus restricting true bradynobaenids to the
Old World.[1][2]
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