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Issue: Vol. 474 No. 1: 25 Mar. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-03-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.474.1.1
Page range: 1–27
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 4

A revision of Lomachaeta Mickel, with a new species of Smicromutilla Mickel (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

Department of Biology, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322, USA
Department of Entomology, Clemson University, Pee Dee Research and Education Center, 2200 Pocket Road, Florence, SC 29506, USA
Hymenoptera Mutillidae Lomachaeta new speciess revision

Abstract

The following species of Lomachaeta are described as new: L. argenta (Utah, USA), L. chionothrix (Guatemala), L. cirrhomeris (Southwestern USA), L. crocopinna (Southwestern USA), L. hyphantria (Bolivia) and L. ptilohyalus (Mexico). Dasymutilla mickeli Manley and Deyrup, Lomachaeta coloradensis Mickel, Lomachaeta formosula Mickel, L. minutula Mickel, L. punctinota Mickel, and L. variegata Mickel are junior synonyms of L. hicksi Mickel; Lomachaeta hicksi has page priority. New distributional data are presented L. hicksi Mickel. A revised key, diagnoses for the species, and host data are provided for the species of Lomachaeta. The genus Smicromutilla is also reviewed and a new species of Smicromutilla from California is described as S. beadugrimi.

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