Loxopus unicolor Kasparyan et Ruíz-Cancino 2005

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Loxopus unicolor Kasparyan et Ruíz-Cancino 2005 ( Figure 8H)

Loxopus unicolor Kasparyan et Ruíz-Cancino, 2005: 249–250 . Description, figure, keyed. Holotype ♀ ( Universidad Autónoma Tamaulipas, not examined). Type data: MEXICO: Yucatán, Corral, SMSC, December 1998, H. Delfín G.

Comments

Not examined. From the description available ( Kasparyan and Ruíz-Cancino 2005), it is very similar to L. multicolor in structure. It can readily be distinguished from all other Loxopus by the black mesoscutum with a central white spot. All other species of the genus have a completely ferruginous mesoscutum. Other noteworthy features are the metasoma almost completely ferruginous, with whitish marks on T1 and T7–8; with the exception of some L. australis , all other species have brown or blackish marks on the metasoma.

Distribution

Mexico ( Figure 8H).