Lomachaeta polemomechana Williams & Pitts, 2009

Williams, Kevin A., Cambra, Roberto A., Bartholomay, Pedro R., Luz, David R., Quintero, Diomedes & Pitts, James P., 2019, Review of the genus Lomachaeta Mickel, 1936 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with new species and sex associations, Zootaxa 4564 (1), pp. 101-136 : 124

Lomachaeta polemomechana Williams & Pitts, 2009

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Lomachaeta polemomechana Williams & Pitts, 2009: 236 . Holotype, ♂, Mexico, Sonora, 30km Agua Prieta (EMUS).

Diagnosis. MALE. The following combination of characters is diagnostic for L. polemomechana : the body is almost entirely black; the mandible lacks a ventral tooth basally; the head and T2 disc have separated punctures; the forewing has its veins encompassing the basal 0.7 × of the wing; the T1 shape is sub-sessile; the T2 fringe is composed of simple setae; and the paramere is virtually straight, subcylindrical, and having evenly distributed short setae. Body length 4–6 mm.

FEMALE. Unknown.

Material examined. USA: Arizona: Santa Cruz County, Ruby Mountain , 20 km SSE Arivaca, 3–7.V.2004, M. E. Irwin and F. D. Parker (1♂, EMUS, Fig. 60 ) .

Distribution. Southern Arizona, USA and northern Sonora, Mexico.

Remarks. This species has only been found in transition zones between the Madrean Sky Islands and Chihuahuan Desert.

Figures

FIGURES 57–60. Lomachaeta males; lateral habitus. 57) L. theresa; 58) L. snellingella; 59) L. eironeia, sp. nov.; 60) L. polemomechana. Scale bar = 1 mm.