Revision of the Traumatomutilla gemella species-group (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) with the description of its hitherto unknown males
Author
Bartholomay, Pedro R.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Laboratório de Hymenoptera, Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Manaus, Amazonas (Brazil); and Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica, Avenida José Ruschi nº 4, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo (Brazil) pedroreck @ gmail. com (corresponding author)
Author
Williams, Kevin A.
Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, California Department of Food & Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento CA 95832 (USA) kevin. williams @ cdfa. ca. gov
williams@cdfa.ca.gov
Author
Cambra, Roberto A.
Museo de Invertebrados G. B. Fairchild, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá 0824 (Panamá) cambramiup 60 @ gmail. com
Author
Oliveira, Marcio L.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Laboratório de Hymenoptera, Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Manaus, Amazonas (Brazil)
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Zoosystema
2021
2021-01-12
43
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journal article
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10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a1
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KEY TO THE KNOWN MALES OF THE
TRAUMATOMUTILLA
GEMELLA
SPECIES- GROUP
(UNKNOWN FOR
T. ANGUSTATA
AND
T. ANDREI
)
1. Pronotal dorsum predominantly concealed by dense setae, sculpture with conspicuous interspersed micropunctures where visible; pronotum clothed exclusively with silvery-white setae throughout (
Fig. 6A
) .................... .....................................................................................................................................
T. chuza
Casal, 1969
.
— Pronotal dorsum with mostly sparse, erect setae, sculpture without micropunctures or with inconspicuous micropunctures where visible clothed predominantly with black setae, at most with silvery-white setae medially on anterior margin (
Figs 8A
;
11A
;
13A
) ...................................................................................................... 2
2. Lateral face of propodeum and metapleuron with conspicuous dense and decumbent silvery-golden setae throughout; head clothed almost exclusively with black setae; body setae with an overall silvery-golden tone (
Fig. 11A
) ...............................................................................................................
T. gemella
(
André, 1906
)
.
— Lateral face of propodeum and metapleuron at most with sparse scattered and erect silvery-white setae; head predominantly clothed with silvery-white setae, black setae restricted to ocellar area and/or most of vertex; body setae with an overall silvery-white tone (
Figs 8A
;
13A
) ................................................................................ 3
3. Posterior margin of hypopygium projected medially and laterally with medial projection simply convex and shorter than lateral projections; S2 sculpture with interspersed micropunctures anterolaterally; propodeal dorsum at most with sparse scattered and erect silvery-white setae anterolaterally (
Fig. 13A
) ............................... ..................................................................................................
T. peismatara
Bartholomay & Cambra
n. sp.
— Posterior margin of hypopygium projected medially and laterally with medial projection blunt and longer than lateral projections; S2 simply foveolate-punctate throughout, without apparent interspersed micropunctures; propodeal dorsum densely clothed with appressed silvery-white setae anterolaterally (
Fig. 8A
) ....................... .........................................................................................................................
T. diophthalma
(
Klug, 1821
)
.