Dasymutilla sleipniri Manley & Pitts, 2007

Luz, David R., Williams, Kevin A. & Bartholomay, Pedro R., 2016, The mutillid wasps of the Dasymutilla paradoxa species-group (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae), Zootaxa 4193 (2), pp. 361-372 : 370

Dasymutilla sleipniri Manley & Pitts, 2007

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Dasymutilla sleipniri Manley & Pitts 2007: 90 . Holotype, ♂, Panama CZ, Barro Colorado Island (UCDC, examined).

Diagnosis. MALE. This species can be recognized by the following combination of characters: the hypopygium is flat, lacking a medial longitudinal carina; the mesosoma, legs, and T1-2 are predominantly black; and S2 has an anteriorly situated longitudinal seta-filled pit.

FEMALE. Unknown.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Costa Rica, Panama.

Material examined. Type material. Holotype, ♂, PANAMA, Panama, CZ, Barro Colorado Island , 10.VIII.1979, L.S. Kimsey ( UCDC) . Paratypes, COSTA RICA, Guanacaste , 3 km SE Rio Naranjo , F.D. Parker: 22-24.VII.1992 (1♂, EMUS) ; 3-17.XII.1997 (1♂, EMUS). PANAMA, Panama, Cerro Azul N. of Tocumen , 7.VI.1958, W.J. Hanson (1♂, EMUS) . Other material. PANAMA, Panama: Barro Colorado Island , VII-24-63 (1♂, AMNH) ; Pipeline Road , Limbo Hunt Club, L.R. Davis Jr.: 17.V.1977 (1♂, FSCA) ; 20.V.1977 (1♂, FSCA).

Remarks. This is a fairly common species in southern Central America. It is nearly identical to D. fasciventris , differing mainly in the black integumental color (reddish in D. fasciventris ).

Figures

FIGURES 21 – 26. Dasymutilla paradoxa species-group, ♂. 21. D. relata, head, anterior view; 22. D. relata, habitus, lateral view; 23. D. sleipniri, head, anterior view; 24. D. sleipniri, habitus, lateral view; 25. D. naranjo, axillae, dorsal view; 26. D. sleipniri, axillae, dorsal view.