Traumatomutilla André, 1901

Bartholomay, Pedro R., Williams, Kevin A., Cambra, Roberto A., Lopez, Vinícius M. & Oliveira, Marcio L., 2025, Revision of the Traumatomutilla quadrinotata species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae, Sphaeropthalminae): new synonyms, sex associations, and a new species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, European Journal of Taxonomy 995, pp. 1-75 : 4-5

Genus Traumatomutilla André, 1901

Traumatomutilla André, 1901: 258 , ♀, ♂ (as subgenus of Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758 ).

Traumatotilla Day, 1979: 49. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Traumatomutilla André, 1901 , unavailable name (Article 33.3 of the Code ( ICZN 1999)).

Traumatomutilla – André 1902: 53, ♀, ♂ (as subgenus of Ephuta Say, 1836 ); 1903: 451 (as subgenus of Ephuta Say, 1836 ); 1904: 40 (resurrected to generic status); 1907: 349 (as subgenus of Ephuta Say, 1836 ). — Ashmead 1904: 9 (junior subjective synonym of Sphaeropthalma Blake, 1871 ). — Mickel 1928: 37 (list of Mutillidae genera); 1952: 106 (key to known genera of Mutillidae from Guyana), 128 (key to known species from Guyana). — Casal 1969: 279 (proposal of T. inermis species-group). — Nonveiller 1990: 74 (Neotropical catalogue). — Cambra & Quintero 1992: 461 (key to known genera of Mutillidae from Panama), 476 (list of known species from Panama). — Quintero & Cambra 1996a: 341 (list of known species from Peru); 1996b: 13 (list of known species from Paraguay). — Brothers 2006a: 588 (key to Neotropical genera of Mutillidae ); 2006b: 584 (key to Neotropical tribes and subtribes of Mutillidae ). — Lelej & Brothers 2008: 62 (list of genus-group names for Mutillidae ). — Williams et al. 2017: 1–33 (proposal of species-groups construct). — Bartholomay et al. 2018: 361–385 (revision of the T. integella and T. tabapua species-groups); 2019a: 1–34 (revision of the T. americana species-group); 2019b: 1–37 (revision of the T. bifurca , T. diabolica , T. vitelligera , and T. bellica species-groups and proposal of T. pilkingtoni species-group); 2020: 2639–2683 (revision of the T. juvenilis species-group); 2021: 1–28 (revision of the T. gemella species-group and new host records); 2022: 1–97 (revision of the T. indica species-group).

Type species

Mutilla indica Linnaeus, 1758 , ♀, by subsequent designation of André 1902: 54.

Diagnosis

Female

Body setae simple, never plumose, brachyplumose or bristled; head always as wide as or narrower than mesosoma; mesosoma always wider anteriorly, at most with single lateral projection medially; scutellar scale usually present; T1 narrow and petiolate to subpetiolate; T2 disc usually marked with at least one pair of yellowish, reddish or orange integumental spots; pygidium well defined by lateral carinae and always reaching apical margin of T6.

Male

Body setae simple, never plumose, brachyplumose or bristled; head always as wide as or narrower than mesosoma; mandibles evenly curved and tapered apicad; axillae usually with dentate or truncate projections; S2 evenly convex throughout; S7 always longer than broad; pygidium well defined by lateral carinae; genitalia bearing simple setae only; paramere elongate and more or less straight throughout, at most slightly sinuous and/or upcurved apically.

Hosts

Stictia signata ( Linnaeus, 1758) ( Hymenoptera : Crabronidae ; recorded by Callan (1990, 1991) in Trinidad). Podium sp. ( Hymenoptera : Sphecidae ; lab rearing in Panama recorded by Bartholomay et al. (2021)). Trypoxylon sp. ( Hymenoptera : Crabronidae ; trap nest rearing in Brazil recorded by Bartholomay et al. (2021)).

Remarks

Bartholomay et al. (2022) mentioned that Traumatomutilla formed a morphologically consistent group along with nine other New World Sphaeropthalminae genera ( Atlantilla Williams & Bartholomay, 2020 , Cephalomutilla André, 1909 , Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1899 , Frigitilla Williams, 2015 , Leucospilomutilla Ashmead, 1903 , Quwitilla Williams, Bartholomay & Cambra, 2019 , Reedomutilla Mickel, 1964 , Suareztilla Casal, 1968 and Tobantilla Casal, 1965 ). This was later to be considered the Dasymutillini sensu stricto in Waldren et al. (2023), even though Atlantilla , Frigitilla , Leucospilomutilla , and Tobantilla did not feature in their analysis. Literature with keys and diagnostic characters for distinguishing these genera as well as comments regarding the complicated relationship between Traumatomutilla and Dasymutilla have been given by Bartholomay et al. (2022).