Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) in Panama: new species, sex associations and seasonal flight activity
Author
Cambra, Roberto A.
Author
Williams, Kevin A.
Author
Quintero, Diomedes
Author
Windsor, Donald M.
Author
Pickering, John
Author
Saavedra, Daisy
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Insecta Mundi
2018
2018-02-16
608
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.3697062
30786276-ef8a-4cf1-b6c7-1cf0c992b30a
1942-1354
3697062
25FAB568-5F43-47D6-8DED-B34C32E51F64
Dasymutilla spilota
Manley and Pitts, 2007
(
Fig. 14–16
,
28
)
Dasymutilla spilota
Manley and Pitts 2007: 91–92
,
holotype
female,
Costa Rica
, Chomes Punt, III-91, UCDC.
Dasymutilla ionothorax
Manley and Pitts 2007: 60
,
holotype
male,
Costa Rica
,
Alajuela
, Bijagua
20 km
S. Upala,
XII-13-I-9-91, EMUS.
New synonymy.
Diagnosis.
FEMALE. This species is recognized by a unique combination of characters: the antennal scrobe is ecarinate; the gena is weakly carinae; the scutellar scale is distinct and is accompanied by anterior and anterolateral transverse carinae; the tibial spurs are white; the head and mesosoma are predominantly clothed with white to golden setae; and T2 has a pair of laterally situated whitish setal patches. MALE. This species can be recognized by a unique combination of characters: the clypeus is rounded anteriorly; the axillae are sessile basally and have a posteriorly directed tooth; the tibial spurs are white; the body is black except the mesosomal dorsum is usually reddish; T2 has a basal pair of laterally situated whitish setal patches; and the hypopygium is margined laterally by a sharp carina.
Distribution.
Mexico
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
El Salvador
,
Nicaragua
,
Costa Rica
and
Panama
.
Material examined
(
MIUP
except where noted).
PANAMA
:
Chiriquí Province
:
Las Lajas
,
24.iii.1992
,
R. Contreras
, 1f
;
Las Moras
,
8.ii.1989
,
M. Sánchez
,
1f.
Veraguas Province
:
Parque Nac. Coiba
,
Isla Coibita
,
6–11.iii.1998
,
R. Cambra
&
A. Santos
, 12f,
3m
(
1m
,
CDFA
)
;
Parque Nac. Coiba
,
Isla Coiba
,
7.iii.1998
,
R. Cambra
&
A. Santos
, 1f
;
La Mesa
,
29.iii.1988
,
S. Díaz
,
1f.
Los Santos Province
:
Isla Cañas
,
28.xi.1988
,
R. Rodríguez
&
D. Quintero
, (1f,
1m
,
CDFA
)
;
Cambutal
,
7.xii.1986
,
E. Vivero
&
M. Olmos
, 1f,
1m
;
Playa Monagre
,
6–7.ii.1989
,
J. Bernal
, 14f,
1m
.
Herrera Province
:
Desembocadura
río Parita
,
24.iv.1986
,
R. Cambra
,
1f.
Coclé Province
:
Antón
,
San Juan de Dios
,
2–3.i.1987
,
R. Rodríguez
, 4f
;
Antón
,
Caballero
,
22.xii. 1987
,
D. Quintero
&
R. Cambra
, 4f
;
Antón
,
Tranquilla Norte
,
12.iii.1988
,
R. Rodríguez
, 1f,
8m
;
8–10.i.1991
,
2f
,
1m
;
Valle de Antón
,
11–12.ii.1992
,
R. Rodríguez
,
6m
.
Panamá Province
:
Playa Farfán
,
26.ii.1988
,
S. Díaz
,
1f,
1m
;
Chepo
,
Río Mamoni
,
12.iv.1986
,
R. Cambra
,
1f
;
Chorrera
,
Playa Leona
,
Río Perequete
,
27.ii.1991
,
R. Cambra
(
1f
,
1m
,
CDFA
)
;
19–20.iii.1991
,
2f
,
8m
;
Veracruz
,
Playa Venado
,
3.i.1986
,
R. Cambra
,
3f (1f
,
CDFA
)
;
7.xi.1988
,
3f
;
Capira
,
12.iii.1992
,
J. Coronado
,
3m
;
Isla del Rey
,
San Miguel
,
1–5.iv.1985
,
R. Cambra
,
2f.
Darién Province
:
Yaviza
,
29.v.1990
,
R. Cambra
,
1f.
COSTA RICA
(
INBio
):
Guanacaste Province
:
Fca. Jenny
,
30 km
N de Liberia
, P.N.
Guanacaste
,
i 1992
,
E. Araya
, 6f
;
16–20.v.1994
,
E. Araya
,
7f
;
Playa Naranjo
,
Sta. Rosa, P.N.
Guanacaste
,
iv 1991
,
E. Alcazar
, 1f
;
Est. Palo Verde
,
10 m
,
P.N. Palo Verde
,
25.iii–21.iv 1992
,
A. Gutierrez
, 1f
;
Rio Calero
, P.N.
Guanacaste
,
8.xii.1990
, 1f
;
Est. Sta. Rosa
,
300 m
,
i.1990
,
1f
;
i.1991
,
M. Zumbado
,
1f
;
Est. Murcielago
,
8 km
S
.O. de Cuajiniquil,
80m
,
11.i–19.ii.1994
,
E. Araya
;
1m
.
NICARAGUA
:
Managua District
,
Laguna de Xiloa
,
4.i.1994
, 1f
;
Granada
,
J. Maes
,
9m
.
GUATEMALA
:
Escuintla
,
Fca. Palmeras
,
2 mar 1991
,
E. Gonzalez
,
1f.
El SALVADOR
:
Los Chorros
,
20.vi.1963
, 1f
;
Apopa
,
17.xi.1991
,
1f
;
Zona
costera,
15.v.
1995
,
1m.
HONDURAS
:
Fco. Morazan
,
San Antonio de Oriente
,
El Zamorano
,
5–15.iv.1990
,
R. Cave
,
1m
;
EL Paraiso
,
Yuscaran
,
25.v.1993
,
B. Castro
,
1f.
Remarks.
This sex association and synonymy is based on coincidental distribution and a pair observed in copula in
Isla
Coibita, Veraguas.
Dasymutilla spilota
could be a junior synonym of
Dasymutilla xalisco
(Blake, 1871)
(
holotype
female
Mexico
ANSP, No. 4507 examined). Females of both species are similar, except
D. xalisco
has the pubescent white patches of T2 connected medially, while in
D. spilota
they are separated medially. These pubescent patches, however, are variable in size in
D. spilota
, from widely separated medially to almost in contact. Also, the presence of male of
D. spilota
in
Mexico
(
Manley and Pitts 2007
), suggests that both species might fall in synonymy.