Dasymutilla chisos Mickel, 1928

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Dasymutilla chisos Mickel, 1928

Dasymutilla chisos Mickel, 1928: 284 ,

3. Holotype: Texas, Brewster County, Chisos Mountains, 10–12 June 1908, Mitchell and Cushman, Cat. No. 40751 (NMNH).

Diagnosis. MALE. The males of D. chisos have the head and mesosoma clothed entirely with black setae and the fringe of T2 and T3–6 with orange setae, the posterior margin of the head is extended medially, the anterior pronotal margin is emarginate medially, there is a medially situated, longitudinally ovate, seta-filled pit on S2, and the pygidium lacks an apical fringe of setae. FEMALE. Unknown.

Material examined. Type material. Holotype of D. chisos : Texas, Brewster County, Chisos Mountains, 10–12 June 1908, Mitchell and Cushman, Cat. No. 40751 ( NMNH) . Other material. Nevada, Nye Co., AMNWR: Sand dune site 5: 1 ♂, net collected, 4.VIII.2009, NFB.

Distribution. USA (California, Nevada and Texas).

Activity. One male specimen found in August 0 9.

Remarks. Dasymutilla chisos were too rarely encountered to determine their habitat preference. A single D. chisos male was collected during the daytime in August. This species was not found at the NTS. This species is suspected to be a color morph of D. gloriosa based on morphology.