Traumatomutilla gemella
Creators: name: Bartholomay, Pedro R.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Cambra, Roberto A.
name: Oliveira, Marcio L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Traumatomutilla
Traumatomutilla gemella

description: KEY TO FEMALES OF THE TRAUMATOMUTILLA GEMELLA SPECIES- GROUP
1. T2 with a pair of sublateral longitudinal yellow integumental stripes arched outward at posterior third (Fig. 1A, B); Cerrado, Caatinga, and Restinga (Brazil) species .............................................. T. andrei (Cresson, 1902).
— T2 with a pair of subcircular yellowish to reddish integumental spots (Figs 2A; 3A; 4A; 5A; 7A; 9A; 10A; 12A) ............................................................................................................................................................ 2
2. Lateral face of propodeum with dense pale golden setae and micropunctures on anterodorsal third (Fig. 10B); head setae completely black (Figs 9A, C; 10A, B); setae on posterior half of mesosomal dorsum golden (Figs 9A; 10A); Atlantic Forest (Brazil) species ......................................................................... T. gemella André, 1906.
— Lateral face of propodeum with sparse erect setae only, intervals between larger punctures smooth (Figs 2C; 3C, 4C; 5C; 7B; 12B); head setae predominantly silvery-white to silvery-golden (Figs 2A; 3A; 4A; 5A; 7A; 12A) ... .................................................................................................................................................................... 3
3. Propodeal dorsum convex throughout or evenly sloping posterad, not conspicuously elevated anywhere, dorsalface smoothly angulate into posterior face in lateral view (Figs 4C; 5C) ................................................... 4
— Propodeal dorsum conspicuously elevated medially on posterior margin, dorsal face sharply angulate into posterior face in lateral view (Figs 7B; 12B) ...................................................................................................... 5
4. Propodeum robust, dorsal face slightly longer than posterior face (Fig. 5C) .................. T. chuza Casal, 1969.
— Propodeum slender, elongate, dorsal face much longer than posterior face (Fig. 3C, 4C) ............................... ............................................................................................................................ T. angustata (André, 1906).
5. Head setae entirely silvery-white, varying in density .................. T. peismatara Bartholomay & Cambra n. sp.
— Silvery-white setae of head restricted to dense transverse band on vertex, and sparser setae on malar space and gena (Fig. 7A, B) ................................................................................................ T. diopthalma (Klug, 1821).
description: Published as part of Bartholomay, Pedro R., Williams, Kevin A., Cambra, Roberto A. & Oliveira, Marcio L., 2021, Revision of the Traumatomutilla gemella species-group (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) with the description of its hitherto unknown males, pp. 1-28 in Zoosystema 43 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a1, http://zenodo.org/record/4450613