Abstract

CAMBRA, Roberto A.  and  QUINTERO-A., Diomedes. Sphaeropthalma pinedai sp. nov.: FIRST RECORD OF BRACHYPTEROUS MUTILLID FOR SOUTH AMERICA (HYMENOPTERA: MUTILLIDAE). Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Caldas [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.2, pp.220-230. ISSN 0123-3068.  https://doi.org/10.17151/bccm.2017.21.2.15.

Sphaeropthalma pinedai sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), an endemic species of Chile is described and illustrated by gender. S. pinedai represents the first record for South America of a Mutillid species with brachypterous males. A list of Mutillidae species from America with brachypterous or apterous males is given.

Keywords : Sphaeropthalminae; new species; taxonomy; nocturnal Mutillidae; Neotropical.

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