Lomachaeta snellingella 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 : 128

Lomachaeta snellingella Williams & Pitts, 2009

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Lomachaeta snellingella Williams & Pitts, 2009: 237 . Holotype, ♂, USA, California, San Diego Co. (UCDC).

Diagnosis. MALE. The following combination of characters is diagnostic for L. snellingella : the body is entirely blackish; 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 dorsoventrally flattened, apically rounded, and having short setae only. Body length 3–5 mm.

FEMALE. Unknown.

Material examined. USA, California, San Diego County, Borrego , 30.IV.1957, F.X. Williams (1♂, paratype, CASC, Fig. 58 ) .

Distribution. Western Sonoran Desert in California, USA.

Remarks. Lomachaeta snellingella is clearly a close relative of L. beadugrimi , given the nearly identical paramere shape. If females are found that key out to L. beadugrimi but occur in Imperial or San Diego Counties, those would be good candidates for the female of L. snellingella . If no recognizable differences were found between these females, that might provide evidence for synonymizing these taxa.

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.