Tropical and Subtropical Velvet Ants of the Genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with Descriptions of 45 New Species Author MANLEY, DONALD G. Author PITTS, JAMES P. text Zootaxa 2007 2007-05-31 1487 1 1 128 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1487.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1487.1.1 1175­5334 5086787 5790FDAC-C5EE-4ED3-AECE-33C0851E956E Dasymutilla modgudi Manley & Pitts , new species Holotype male, Mexico , Guerrero , Pie de la Cuesta, D. S . Green [ CISC ]. Diagnosis of Male (Plate C6L). This species is characterized by having the integument entirely black, and the setae entirely silver, except for a narrow lateral band of black setae across the mesonotum. Sternum II lacks a pit filled with setae. The pygidium is rugose, and lacks an apical fringe of setae. Description . Male: Length, 8 mm . Head . Black, clothed entirely with conspicuous silver setae; mandible acute at apex, with inconspicuous inner tooth just basad of apex; clypeus flat, coarsely sculptured, slightly emarginate on anterior margin; scape weakly bicarinate; flagellomere I slightly shorter than remaining segments; antennal scrobe not carinate; head coarsely sculptured; occipital region conspicuously compressed laterally. Mesosoma . Black, clothed entirely with conspicuous silver setae, except narrow transverse band of black setae across mesonotum; anterior margin emarginate medially, anterior face of emargination glabrous; tegula black, glabrous; lateral processes of scutellum long, punctate. Legs black, with silver setae. Wings shredded, but appear to be uniformly transparent. Metasoma . Black, clothed entirely with conspicuous silver setae; pygidium rugose, without apical fringe of setae; sternum I with longitudinal carina, produced into blunt tooth anteriorly; sternum II plain, lacking pit filled with setae; tergum I with coarse contiguous punctures; second segment with shallow separated punctures. Genitalia ( Plate 2G ). Paramere with apex dorsally curved, ventral margin of basal 0.75 densely pubescent, remainder with short sparse setae; cuspis cylindrical with thick long setae throughout, length about 0.75X free length of paramere, densely pubescent basal lobe present; digitus linear, tapering towards apex, slightly notched apically, length about 0.3X free length of paramere; penial valve bidentate, teeth separate, anterior tooth larger than posterior tooth. Female . Unknown. Distribution . Mexico ( Guerrero ). Etymology. From Norse mythology, Módgud, meaning battle-weary, and also is the name of the maiden who guards the Gjallabrú, made in reference to the fact that the holotype’s wings are shredded. Remarks . This species is known only from the male holotype . It keys out easily, lacking a pit on sternum II as well as an apical fringe of setae on the pygidium, in addition to the other characters noted above.