Dasymutilla gloriosa (Saussure)

Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F., 2009, Velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Algodones sand dunes of California, USA, Zootaxa 2131, pp. 1-53 : 17-18

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.188392

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6225685

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scientific name

Dasymutilla gloriosa (Saussure)
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Dasymutilla gloriosa (Saussure)

Mutilla gloriosa Saussure, 1868 , (1867). Soc. Ent. France, Ann. (4) 7: 359. Female. Holotype data: Baja California, Saunders (MNHN).

Mutilla tecta Cresson, 1875 . Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 5: 119. Female. Holotype data: California, H. Edwards (ANSP). Dasymutilla reperticia Mickel, 1928 . U.S. Natl. Mus., Bul. 143: 287. Male. Holotype data: Arizona, Empire Mountains, 3 Jul 1924, A.A. Nichol (UMSP).

Diagnosis of male. The male of this species ( Fig. 50 View FIGURES 47 – 55 ) possesses black integument and the setae of the dorsum concolorous yellow to red, the posterior margin of head is extended medially, the anterior margin of pronotum is emarginate medially, and S2 has an oval pit filled with setae.

Diagnosis of female. The female of this species ( Fig. 49 View FIGURES 47 – 55 ) possesses red integument and white setae throughout, the antennal scrobes are carinate, and a scutellar scale is present.

Material examined. California, Imperial Co. : Algodones Dunes, Niland-Glamis Rd., 7.4 km NW, 1 male, 3–30.May.2008, S. Heydon and K. Lorenzen ( UCDC). Glamis, 7.3 mi W, 1 female, 29–30.May.1988, C.L. Bellamy ( UCDC).

Distribution. Widespread throughout the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, from California to Texas south to Nayarit, Mexico.

Remarks. The male of D. gloriosa is very similar morphologically to D. imperialis , only differing in coloration and size (see Figs. 50, 51 View FIGURES 47 – 55 ). It is likely that D. imperialis is conspecific with D. gloriosa , but we hesitate to synonymize these species because of the larger size of D. imperialis and the propensity for endemism on the Algodones Sand Dunes.

Examination of males from other sites during this study shows variation in the presence of an apical fringe on the pygidium of D. gloriosa males. This will affect the ability to key this species using Mickel’s keys (1928, 1936). All characters discussed in the diagnosis should be examined when identifying the male of this species.

The holotypes of Mutilla gloriosa and Mutilla tecta have not been examined, but this species is well established in previous literature by Mickel (1928).

UCDC

R. M. Bohart Museum of Entomology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mutillidae

Genus

Dasymutilla

Loc

Dasymutilla gloriosa (Saussure)

Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S., Williams, Kevin A. & Boehme, Nicole F. 2009
2009
Loc

Dasymutilla reperticia

Mickel 1928
1928
Loc

Mutilla tecta

Cresson 1875
1875
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