Traumatomutilla gemella Andre 1906
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 THE KNOWN MALES OF THE TRAUMATOMUTILLA GEMELLA SPECIES- GROUP
(UNKNOWN FOR T. ANGUSTATA AND T. ANDREI)
1. Pronotal dorsum predominantly concealed by dense setae, sculpture with conspicuous interspersed micropunctures where visible; pronotum clothed exclusively with silvery-white setae throughout (Fig. 6A) .................... ..................................................................................................................................... T. chuza Casal, 1969.
— Pronotal dorsum with mostly sparse, erect setae, sculpture without micropunctures or with inconspicuous micropunctures where visible clothed predominantly with black setae, at most with silvery-white setae medially on anterior margin (Figs 8A; 11A; 13A) ...................................................................................................... 2
2. Lateral face of propodeum and metapleuron with conspicuous dense and decumbent silvery-golden setae throughout; head clothed almost exclusively with black setae; body setae with an overall silvery-golden tone (Fig. 11A) ............................................................................................................... T. gemella (André, 1906).
— Lateral face of propodeum and metapleuron at most with sparse scattered and erect silvery-white setae; head predominantly clothed with silvery-white setae, black setae restricted to ocellar area and/or most of vertex; body setae with an overall silvery-white tone (Figs 8A; 13A) ................................................................................ 3
3. Posterior margin of hypopygium projected medially and laterally with medial projection simply convex and shorter than lateral projections; S2 sculpture with interspersed micropunctures anterolaterally; propodeal dorsum at most with sparse scattered and erect silvery-white setae anterolaterally (Fig. 13A) ............................... .................................................................................................. T. peismatara Bartholomay & Cambra n. sp.
— Posterior margin of hypopygium projected medially and laterally with medial projection blunt and longer than lateral projections; S2 simply foveolate-punctate throughout, without apparent interspersed micropunctures; propodeal dorsum densely clothed with appressed silvery-white setae anterolaterally (Fig. 8A) ....................... ......................................................................................................................... T. diophthalma (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