Limaytilla pehuenche Casal

Torréns, Javier & Fidalgo, Patricio, 2019, A new species of Limaytilla Casal, 1964 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from Argentina, a key for the known species, and new record data for the Argentinian species, Zootaxa 4609 (3), pp. 583-593 : 589-591

Limaytilla pehuenche Casal

(Figs 9, 10, 13)

Diagnosis. Male. Specimens small to medium and slender (5.5–9.7 mm long and 1.1–2.1 mm wide) (Figs 9, 10); head triangular, outline of posterior margin of head strongly convex with rounded contours in dorsal view (see Fig. 2 in Casal, 1964); mandible with almost parallel margins from the base to the apex, distinctly tridentate apically (Fig. 13), inner face of mandible with a short oblique keel that joins with base of the robust ventral tooth; antennal tubercles with sharp projections (see Fig. 5 in Casal, 1964).

Description. Casal (1964) described and illustrated this species in detail; we only add images of the dorsal and lateral habitus and mandible to facilitate identification.

Female. Unknown.

Type material. Holotype male (not examined). ARGENTINA: Río Negro, Fuerte General Roca , I/1962, A. Bachmann.

Studied material. Paratypes, 2 males: ARGENTINA: Mendoza, Lavalle, 7/I/1946, Willink (1 male, IFML); Río Negro, Fuerte General Roca , I/1962, A. Bachmann (1 male, IFML). Other material , 115 males: ARGENTINA: Catamarca, 12 km de Belen, R 46, 6/XII/2006, P. Fidalgo, c/luz (3 males, IFML); 8 km S de Punta de Balasto , 8/ XII/2007, P.Fidalgo, c/luz (2 males, IFML); S de Punta de Balasto, R 40 Km 4224, 16/XI/2015, P.Fidalgo, c/luz (19 males, CRILAR-En-Ar; 18 males, MACN); ca de Saujil (Fiambala), 16/II/2007, P. Fidalgo, c/luz (3 males, IFML); 3.5 km S de Tinogasta, R 3, 13/XI/2013, J. Torréns & P. Fidalgo, c/luz (6 males, MACN); 20 km S de Tinogasta, R 3, 13/XI/2013, J. Torréns & P. Fidalgo, c/luz (2 male, MACN); 7 km S de Tinogasta, R 11, 6/XII/2015, P. Fidalgo, c/luz (2 males, CRILAR-En-Ar); La Rioja, ca El Barrial, R 7, 17/02/2006, J. Torréns & P. Fidalgo, c/luz (4 males, IFML); La Puerta, 29/III–1/IV/2014, J. Torréns & P. Fidalgo, YPT (1 male, CRILAR-En-Ar); 2 km S de Pinchas, 19/II/2007, P.Fidalgo, c/luz (10 males, IFML); Pituil, R 40 Km 3951.5, 25/XI–2/XII/2012, P.Diez & P.Fidalgo, YPT (1 male, MACN); same location, 25/XI/2012, P. Diez & P. Fidalgo, c/luz (13 males, CRILAR-En-Ar); same location, 2/XII/2012, P. Diez & P. Fidalgo, YPT (1 male, MACN); same location, 15–21/XII/2012, P. Diez & P. Fidalgo, YPT (2 males, MACN); same location, 30/X/2013, P. Fidalgo, c/luz (3 males, MACN); ca de Pituil, R 40 Km 3965, 9/XII/2006, 1200 msnm, P. Fidalgo, c/luz (1 male, IFML); ca de Pituil, R 40 Km 3951, 11/II/2008, 1200 msnm, P. Fidalgo, c/luz (1 male, IFML); Santa Teresita, XI/2005, G. Fidalgo, P. Fidalgo, J. Torréns, c/luz (2 males, IFML); same location, 28/IX/2006, MT (1 male, IFML); same location, 28/X/2006 (1 male, IFML); Salta, ca de Animana ,

Distribution. ARGENTINA: Catamarca, Chubut, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, San Juan, Tucumán (new record; Cambra et al., 2016 places Cafayate in Tucumán but it’s located in Salta). Host. Unknown.