Calomutilla Mickel, 1952

Cambra, Roberto A., Brothers, Denis J. & Quintero, Diomedes, 2020, Review of Calomutilla Mickel, 1952, a new species, and comparison with Pertyella Mickel, 1952 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Zootaxa 4789 (2), pp. 466-480 : 467-468

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.2.6

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B57571-A414-FFBE-FF0E-7985FA76FEA8

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scientific name

Calomutilla Mickel
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Key to species of Calomutilla Mickel

This key is a first attempt to account for both sexes of the described species of the genus. The couplets covering the females are based on Mickel’s (1952) key. In addition to the information provided in this paper, those for the males utilize the original description of C. anceps by Mickel (1952) and notes and drawings of its holotype (in UMSP) made by D.Q. in 1996, neither source providing sufficient details of the genitalia (notably the penis valve) nor various other characters which seem potentially to be useful for species differentiation. The female holotype of C. williamsi ( Figs 15, 16 View FIGURES 10–16 ) and the male holotype of C. anceps were collected at the same place (Blairmont, British Guiana [ Guyana], female October 1923, male September 1923, col. F.X. Williams) and they probably represent the same species. Mickel (1952) suggested that his new species, Ancipitotilla anceps , was likely the male of a species of Lophomutilla Mickel, 1952 , but that has proved to be incorrect; males of Lophomutilla were originally described as Mammomutilla Mickel, 1952 (synonymized by Quintero & Cambra 2001) and Paramutilla Mickel, 1973 (synonymized by Quintero & Cambra, 1996).

1. Wingless, females..................................................................................... 2

- Winged, males....................................................................................... 6

2. Elevated median area of clypeus without tubercles ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 17–25 ); dorso-lateral margin of pronotum with a distinct spine (s, Figs 17, 18 View FIGURES 17–25 ); head mostly red, darker postero-laterally ( Figs 17, 18 View FIGURES 17–25 ). Panama, Venezuela.................. C. panamensis sp. nov.

- Elevated median area of clypeus distinctly tuberculate ( Figs 12, 16 View FIGURES 10–16 ); dorso-lateral margin of pronotum simple, without spine; head black or red. Brazil, Guyana........................................................................ 3

3. Elevated median area of clypeus bituberculate ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1–9 ); genal carina terminating anteriorly in a simple obtuse angle, without an elevation ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 1–9 ) Brazil............................................................ C. crucigera (Burmeister)

- Elevated median area of clypeus trituberculate ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 10–16 ); genal carina terminating anteriorly in a distinct lobose elevation ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 10–16 )................................................................................................. 4

4. T2 with three postmedian spots of white pubescence, one median and two lateral ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 10–16 ) Brazil..................................................................................................... C. temporalis (Gerstaecker)

- T2 with a complete, postmedian, transverse band of white pubescence ( Figs 4 View FIGURES 1–9 , 15 View FIGURES 10–16 )................................. 5

5. Head mostly red; integument beneath postmedian pubescent band of T2 red. Brazil.................. C. cruciata (Smith)

-. Head black; integument beneath postmedian pubescent band of T2 black. Guyana................... C. williamsi Mickel

6. Paramere in dorsal view strongly sinuate from the base ( Figs 46–47 View FIGURES 46–53 ), in lateral view broad basally and evenly narrowed to apex ( Figs 50–51 View FIGURES 46–53 ); parapenial lobe in dorsal view abruptly narrowed to strongly incurved parallel-sided apex ( Figs 46–47 View FIGURES 46–53 ). Brazil................................................................................ C. crucigera (Burmeister)

- Paramere in dorsal view almost straight on basal two-thirds then apically incurved and weakly sinuate ( Figs 36–37 View FIGURES 36–45 ), in lateral view narrowed from base and cylindrical on apical half to one-third ( Figs 40–41 View FIGURES 36–45 ); parapenial lobe in dorsal view gradually narrowed to rounded apex, scarcely incurved ( Figs 36–37 View FIGURES 36–45 )....................................................... 7

7. Vertex with distinct smooth and shining areas postero-lateral to ocelli; S1 with weak median longitudinal carina; hypopygium with apex rounded. Guyana............................................................... C. anceps (Mickel)

- Vertex with small punctures throughout although sparser postero-lateral to ocelli ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 26–35 ); S1 with well developed lamellate median longitudinal carina ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 17–25 ); hypopygium with apex almost straight, subtly emarginate medially Panama, Venezuela................................................................................. C. panamensis sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mutillidae

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