Quwitilla (Females), 2019

Bartholomay, Pedro R., Williams, Kevin A., Cambra, To. A. & Oliveira, Márcio L., 2019, Does the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead occur in South America? The new genus Quwitilla, new combinations, and new distribution records from Neotropical velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Zootaxa 4623 (2), pp. 261-282 : 264

Key to species of Quwitilla (Females)

1. T2 having bilobate area of black setae anteriorly ( Fig. 32 ); fringe of T2 with thin band of black setae except laterally with silvery setae ( Ecuador)........................................................ Q. bellatrix ( Manley & Pitts,2007)

- T2 clothed almost entirely with orange-golden setae, lateral areas and apex of T2 with contrasting silvery setae ( Figs 1–2 , 20–21 ) ( Peru)........................................................................................ 2

2. Mesosoma slightly broader than long in dorsal view; pygidial area convex broader than long and longitudinally rugose-striate, apical margin convex ( Fig. 3 ); head, including external margin of eyes, 0.82x as wide as maximum width of mesonotum................................................................................. Q. blattoserica ( Kohl, 1882)

- Mesosoma longer than broad in dorsal view; pygidial area flat longer than broad and longitudinally striate, apical margin trilobate ( Fig. 22 ); head virtually as wide as maximum width of mesonotum.................... Q. peruviana ( Suárez, 1970)

Figures

FIGURES 32–33. Quwitilla bellatrix (Manley & Pitts, 2007), ♀, lines 2mm; 32. Dorsal view; 33. Lateral view.

FIGURES 1–4. Quwitilla blattoserica (Kohl, 1882), holotype, ♀, lines 2mm; 1. Dorsal habitus; 2. Lateral habitus; 3. Pygidium (T6), posterior view; 4. Type labels.

FIGURES 20–23. Quwitilla peruviana (Suárez, 1970), ♀, holotype (of Dasymutilla homochroma Suárez), lines 2mm; 20. Dorsal view; 21. Lateral view; 22. Pygidium, posterodorsal view; 23. Type labels.