Lynchiatilla silvai Casal, 1963

Bergamaschi, Antonio C. B., Cambra, Roberto A., Brothers, Denis J. & Melo, Gabriel A. R., 2012, Lynchiatilla Casal, 1963 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): a new species from Brazil associated with Paroxystoglossa spiloptera Moure (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Halictinae), and notes on other species, Zootaxa 3548, pp. 55-64 : 62

Lynchiatilla silvai Casal, 1963

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Lynchiatilla silvai Casal, 1963 . Acta Zool. Lilloana 19: 375. Holotype Ƥ, Brazil, Santa Catarina, Corupá (AMNH).

Material examined. Brazil, Paraná, Piraquara, Manancias da Serra, 25°30'S, 48°59'W, 26.II.2003, col. E.Q. Garcia (Ƥ, MIUP), det. R. Cambra 2003.

Distribution. Brazil: Santa Catarina, Paraná (first record).

Comments. Only two species of Lynchiatilla are known for the state of Paraná: L. silvai and L. parana sp. nov. They differ in the color of the head (mostly black in L. silvai , red in L. parana sp. nov.), scrobal carina (touching the base of the antennal tubercle in L. silvai , not reaching the base of the antennal tubercle in L. parana sp. nov.), and the shape of the mesosoma (dorsal face of the propodeum perpendicular to the posterior face ( Fig. 2 ) in L. parana sp. nov., dorsal face oblique to the posterior face ( Fig. 4 ) in L. silvai ).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Lynchiatilla spp., females, habitus. 1 – 2. L. parana sp. nov., holotype; 3. L. tacana Casal; 4. L. silvai Casal. Scales = 1 mm.