Laminatilla lamellifera (Schuster)

Pitts, James P., 2007, Revision of Odontophotopsis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Part 1, with a description of a new Genus Laminatilla, Zootaxa 1619, pp. 1-43 : 39

Laminatilla lamellifera (Schuster)

( Figs. 74–76 )

Odontophotopsis (Odontophotopsis) lamellifera Schuster, 1958 . Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 56. male. Holotype: Arizona, Gila Co., Globe , 31.Jul.1935, F.H. Parker (UMSP).

Diagnosis. This species has a mandible that is slightly dilated apically with a complete dorsal carina that does not project anteriorly ( Fig. 74 ) and has the posterior margin of the head subtriangular in outline, but lacks both a denticle on the antennal tubercle and a carina connecting the mesosternal processes. The genitalia are as in Figs. 75 and 76 .

Distribution. Known from the Chihuahuan Desert, eastern Sonoran Desert, and Colorado River into the Grand Canyon.

Material examined. USA, Arizona, Coconino Co., Grand Canyon National Park, Colorado River mi 43, 1 male, 4.Jun.1998, S. Morgan ( EMUS); Cochise Co., Cave Creek, Sunny Flat , 1 male, 15.Sep.1980, Hanson and Knowlton ( EMUS); Gila Co., Globe , 7 paratype males, 31.Jul.1935, F.H. Parker ( UMSP); Pima Co., Chutum Vaya Canyon, Baboquivari Mts , 2 males, 4.Aug.1966, F. Werner ( UAIC); Saguaro National Monument, 1 male, 22.May.1961, G. Butler ( UAIC); Santa Catalina Mts , 1 male, 11.Aug.1961, Werner & Nutting ( UAIC); Sabino Canyon, Santa Catalina Mts , 1 male, 11.May.1963, J. Berger ( UAIC); Vail, 8 mi N, 1 male, 26.Jun.1962, F. Werner ( UAIC); Santa Cruz Co., Madera Canyon, Proctor Parking Lot, 1 male, 25.Jul.2004, M.K. Niemela ( EMUS); Pena Blanca Lake, 15 km W, Atacosa Mts, 1 male, 3–7.May.2004, Irwin and Parker ( EMUS). New Mexico, Hidalgo Co., Cloverdale, 16.Aug.1962, B.G. Cambell ( NMSU). Mexico, Sonora , Yecora, 10 mi W, Hwy 16, Puerto la Cruz, 2200 m, 1 male, 9–14.Sep.2004, P. Opler ( CSUC).

Figures

FIGURES 69 – 79. Laminatilla bicornigera: Fig. 69. mandible, lateral view; Fig. 70. mandible, frontal view; Fig. 71. mandible, dorsal view; Fig. 72. genitalia, dorsal view; Fig. 73. cuspis, lateral view, dorsum to left. Laminatilla lamellifera: Fig. 74. mandible; Fig. 75. genitalia, dorsal view; Fig. 76. cuspis, lateral view, dorsum to left. Laminatilla mixtoensis: Fig. 77. mandible; Fig. 78. genitalia, dorsal view; Fig. 79. cuspis, lateral view, dorsum to left.