Examples of each type of mating strategy in Mutillidae 5 ISC, Dasymutilla foxi (Cockerell, 1894) in Arizona, USA; photograph by Mark H. Brown 6 TPC, Myrmosa unicolor Say, 1824 in New York, USA; photograph by A. D. Levine 7 MPC, Wallacidia oculata (Fabricius, 1804) in Southern District, Hong Kong; photograph by ‘aabbabc.’

 
 
  Part of: Waldren GC, Roberts JD, Pitts JP (2020) Phoretic copulation in the velvet ant Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae): A novel behavior for Sphaeropthalminae with a synthesis of mating strategies in Mutillidae. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 78: 69-89. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.78.55762