Revision of the Traumatomutilla gemella species-group (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) with the description of its hitherto unknown males
Bartholomay, Pedro R.
Williams, Kevin A.
Cambra, Roberto A.
Oliveira, Marcio L.
Zoosystema
2021
2021-01-12
43
1
1
28
Andre
1906
[691,1003,585,610]
Insecta
Mutillidae
Traumatomutilla
GBIF
Animalia
Hymenoptera
27
2
Arthropoda
species
gemella
1. T2 with a pair of sublateral longitudinal yellow integumental stripes arched outward at posterior third ( Fig. 1A, B); Cerrado, Caatinga, and Restinga ( Brazil) species .............................................. T. andrei( Cresson, 1902). — T2 with a pair of subcircular yellowish to reddish integumental spots ( Figs 2A; 3A; 4A; 5A; 7A; 9A; 10A; 12A) ............................................................................................................................................................ 2 2. Lateral face of propodeum with dense pale golden setae and micropunctures on anterodorsal third ( Fig. 10B); head setae completely black ( Figs 9A, C; 10A, B); setae on posterior half of mesosomal dorsum golden ( Figs 9A; 10A); Atlantic Forest ( Brazil) species ......................................................................... T. gemella André, 1906. — Lateral face of propodeum with sparse erect setae only, intervals between larger punctures smooth ( Figs 2C; 3C, 4C; 5C; 7B; 12B); head setae predominantly silvery-white to silvery-golden ( Figs 2A; 3A; 4A; 5A; 7A; 12A) ... .................................................................................................................................................................... 3 3. Propodeal dorsum convex throughout or evenly sloping posterad, not conspicuously elevated anywhere, dorsalface smoothly angulate into posterior face in lateral view ( Figs 4C; 5C) ................................................... 4 — Propodeal dorsum conspicuously elevated medially on posterior margin, dorsal face sharply angulate into posterior face in lateral view ( Figs 7B; 12B) ...................................................................................................... 5 4. Propodeum robust, dorsal face slightly longer than posterior face ( Fig. 5C) .................. T. chuza Casal, 1969. — Propodeum slender, elongate, dorsal face much longer than posterior face ( Fig. 3C, 4C) ............................... ............................................................................................................................ T. angustata( André, 1906). 5. Head setae entirely silvery-white, varying in density .................. T. peismataraBartholomay & Cambra n. sp. — Silvery-white setae of head restricted to dense transverse band on vertex, and sparser setae on malar space and gena ( Fig. 7A, B) ................................................................................................ T. diopthalma( Klug, 1821).