Liomutilla André, 1907

Turrisi, Giuseppe Fabrizio, Palmerini, Maurizio Matteini & Brothers, Denis J., 2015, Systematic revision and phylogeny of the genera Blakeius Ashmead, 1903 and Liomutilla André, 1907, with description of two new genera (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae, Myrmillinae), Zootaxa 4010 (1), pp. 1-78 : 62-63

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Liomutilla André, 1907: 340 .

Type species. Liomutilla canariensis André, 1907 (♀), by monotypy.

Diagnosis. ♀. Head entirely reddish; integument of the body polished and shiny; head with scattered and fine punctures; supra-antennal tooth absent; frontal carina touching inner margin of eye; antennal rim entirely exposed, visible dorsally; gena (lateral view) more or less concave, slim, angulate, without tooth-like process; genal carina present; occipital margin curved; upper part of occipital carina as wide rim; T2 with two round cuticular ivory spots disposed transversely, without setae; spots of T2 far from anterior margin (distance between spots and anterior margin more than diameter of each spot).

♂. Head entirely brownish orange; integument of the body polished and shiny; head with scattered and fine punctures; head strongly convergent toward occipital margin; longitudinal frontal furrow present, touching anterior ocellus; ocelli well developed tegula and wings well developed, not reduced; notaulus absent, parapsidal line present; fore wing with vein 2m-cu absent; metasoma entirely brownish orange; T2 without pale spots; S8 with sides subparallel, with two raised tooth-like ventral and median processes disposed transversely; genital capsule with cuspis of volsella elongate, finger-shaped, apex regularly rounded, weakly convex to flat toward apex, ending well beyond mid length of paramere harpe, without longitudinal carina; digitus of volsella much shorter than cuspis, about half its length; midventral process of penis valve present, elongate and strongly curved.

Redescription. ♀. Head entirely reddish with antennal rim concolorous with rest of head ( Figs 33 View FIGURE 33 A, 33B, 33C); mesosoma reddish orange darkened anteromedially and on sides ( Figs 32 View FIGURE 32 A, 32B); metasoma entirely blackish ( Figs 32 View FIGURE 32 A, 32B); integument of the body polished and shiny; head regularly rounded behind eyes, with scattered and fine punctures, without whitish setal spot on vertex and occiput ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 A); supra-antennal tooth absent ( Figs 33 View FIGURE 33 A, 33D); antennal rim entirely exposed, visible dorsally ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 A); A1 with ventro-lateral carina; A3 much more than two times length of A2; frontal carina touching inner margin of eye ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 D); postgena (behind oral fossa) weakly concave ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 B); occipital margin curved ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 A); upper part of occipital carina as wide rim; lower part of occipital carina as well raised lamella; gena (lateral view) with lower half slim, angulate, without tooth-like process ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 B); genal carina present ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 B); clypeus not prominent, wider than high, anterior margin wide, concave with lateral tooth-like projection ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 D); oral fossa longer than wide, almost Ushaped; mandible with inner apical tooth normally shaped, not curved ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 D); mandible with inner basal tooth ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 D); pronotum slightly narrower than propodeum ( Fig. 32 View FIGURE 32 A); pronotum with epomial carina weak, far from pronotal spiracle; fore coxa with distal tooth-like process; mid tibia with 6–7 dorsal pre-apical spines arranged in two rows; hind tibia with 5 dorsal pre-apical spines arranged in two rows; T2 with two round cuticular ivory spots disposed transversely without setae, far from anterior margin (distance between spot and anterior margin of T2 much more than diameter of a spot ( Figs 32 View FIGURE 32 A, 32B); T3 with broad pubescent band, widely interrupted medially ( Figs 32 View FIGURE 32 A, 32B); T4 without broad pubescent band ( Figs 32 View FIGURE 32 A, 32B); S6 flat.

♂. Head brownish orange, antennal rim concolorous with rest of head ( Figs 33 View FIGURE 33 E, 33F, 33G); mesosoma and metasoma entirely brownish orange ( Figs 32 View FIGURE 32 C, 32D); integument of the body polished and shiny ( Figs 32 View FIGURE 32 C, 32D); head strongly convergent posteriorly, with scattered and fine punctures ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 E); A1 with ventro-lateral carina; A3 shorter than A4; ocelli well developed ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 E); longitudinal frontal furrow present, touching anterior ocellus ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 E); occipital carina (lower part) as well raised lamella; clypeus not prominent, wider than high, anterior margin wide, moderately concave with lateral stout tooth-like projection ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 33 H); oral fossa longer than wide, almost U-shaped; mandible with inner apical tooth straight, not curved; pronotum with sides convergent toward anterior margin ( Fig. 32 View FIGURE 32 C); posterior margin of pronotum V-shaped ( Fig. 32 View FIGURE 32 C); pronotum, median length less than half lateral length (pronotum short) ( Fig. 32 View FIGURE 32 C); mesoscutum convex ( Fig. 32 View FIGURE 32 D); notaulus absent, parapsidal line present; transscutal suture well developed, evident; tegula sub-circular, well developed, normal sized ( Fig. 34 View FIGURE 34 ); fore and hind wings present and well developed ( Fig. 34 View FIGURE 34 ); fore wing, submarginal cell 2 strongly smaller than submarginal cell 1 (less than half), vein 2m-cu absent ( Fig. 34 View FIGURE 34 ); mesoscutellum and metascutellum well defined ( Figs 32 View FIGURE 32 C, 32D); anterior and posterior metanotal carinae well raised; propodeum (lateral view) sloping ( Fig. 32 View FIGURE 32 D), narrower than pronotum (dorsal view) ( Fig. 32 View FIGURE 32 C); mesopleuron strongly convex, polished punctate, width of upper part about half width of lower part; mid tibia with one dorsal pre-apical spine; hind tibia with one dorso-lateral preapical spine; T1 campanulate ( Fig. 32 View FIGURE 32 C); T2 without setal or cuticular spots ( Figs 32 View FIGURE 32 C, 32D); T3 and T4 without pale pubescent band; S2 with medial well developed, tooth-like process; S8 with sides subparallel, with two raised tooth-like ventral and median processes disposed transversely ( Figs 35 View FIGURE 35 D, 35E, 35F); genital capsule with cuspis of volsella elongate, finger-shaped, apex regularly rounded, weakly convex to flat toward apex, ending well beyond mid length of paramere harpe, without longitudinal carina ( Figs 35 View FIGURE 35 A, 35B, 35C); digitus of volsella much shorter than cuspis, about half its length ( Fig. 35 View FIGURE 35 B); midventral process of penis valve present, elongate and strongly curved.