Traumatomutilla André miscellanea: Revision of the bellica, bifurca, diabolica, and vitelligera species groups, and a new group for the new species T. pilkingtoni Bartholomay and Williams (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae: Sphaeropthalminae: Dasymutillini)
Author
Bartholomay, Pedro R.
Author
Williams, Kevin A.
Author
Luz, David R.
Author
Cambra, Roberto A.
Author
Oliveira, Márcio Luiz de
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Insecta Mundi
2019
2019-06-28
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10.5281/zenodo.3674793
98c3ec1f-1711-4f1d-acb6-1702ad46ddfb
1942-1354
3674793
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diabolica species group
Diagnosis.
The females of this species group can be separated from the other groups lacking posterolateral head tubercles by their simplified mesosoma: the scutellar scale is narrow; anterior transverse carinae and the, longitudinal mesonotal carina are absent the lateral mesonotal margins are rounded; the genal carina is present; and the femoral apices rounded.
Included taxon.
Traumatomutilla diabolica
(
Gerstaecker, 1874
)
.
Distribution.
Bolivia
and
Argentina
.
Remarks.
Williams et al. (2017)
stated that the overall morphology of
T. diabolica
made it impossible to place this species in one of the more diverse large-bodied species groups such as the indica, juvenilis, and quadrinotata species groups. Discovery of males of this and other groups are necessary to understanding relationships within the genus.