A Revision of Lomachaeta Mickel, with a new species of Smicromutilla Mickel (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
Author
Pitts, James P.
Author
Manley, Donald G.
text
Zootaxa
2004
474
1
27
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.157428
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8.
Lomachaeta ibarrai
Casal
Lomachaeta ibarrai
Casal 1969
:33
.
Holotype
Ψ,
ARGENTINA
,
Buenos Aires, Burzaco,
XII.1947
, F. C. Sud (AMNH).
Diagnosis
. This species differs from North and Central American species by not having the pronotal spiracles tuberculate. It differs from
L. vianai
by having the scape as long as the following four flagellomeres combined, the propodeal spiracle prominently tuberculate, and the apical margin of metasomal tergites 2–4 with erect spines that are distinctly stouter than surrounding setae.
Male.
Unknown.
Distribution
. Known only from the
holotype
.
Remarks
.
Lomachaeta ibarrai
and
L. vianai
are known only from the females. They differ from the North and Central American species in that the pronotal spiracles are not tuberculate. The tuberculate state of the thoracic spiracles, along with a combination of other characters, has also been used for delimiting
Lomachaeta
females from
Smicromutilla
females. The differences found between
L. ibarrai
and
L. vianai
and the remaining
Lomachaeta
species may be of generic importance. It is possible that after the males of these species are discovered, it may be found that
L. ibarrai
and
L. vianai
are not congeneric with the North and Central American
Lomachaeta
species.
The
holotype
was the only material examined and it resides in the AMNH. It is damaged slightly with the metasoma being broken off and glued to the point.