Species groups of Traumatomutilla André (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

Authors

Kevin A. Williams, California Department of Food & Agriculture
Pedro R. Bartholomay, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Márcio Luiz de Oliveira, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2017

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0533: 1–38

Comments

Published in 2017 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/

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Abstract

Females of Traumatomutilla André (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) are organized into 14 species groups; 136 of the 138 Traumatomutilla taxa known from females were studied. Of these species groups, only the inermis species group was adequately established and diagnosed in the literature (Casal 1969). The remaining newly established species groups are as follows: americana, auriculata, bellica, bifurca, diabolica, gemella, indica, integella, juvenilis, quadrinotata, tabapua, trochanterata, and vitelligera. Diagnoses and lists of included species are provided for each species group. Eighty-three new country records are provided for 49 species.