Dasymutilla insulana Mickel, 1926

MANLEY, DONALD G. & PITTS, JAMES P., 2007, Tropical and Subtropical Velvet Ants of the Genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with Descriptions of 45 New Species, Zootaxa 1487 (1), pp. 1-128 : 59

Dasymutilla insulana Mickel

Dasymutilla insulana Mickel, 1926 . Ent. Mitt. 15:197. Holotype female, Guantanamo, Cuba [DEIM].

Diagnosis of Female (Plate C5E). This species can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters, including coloration. The antennal scrobe does not appear to be carinate, and the gena is weakly carinate. But this species is coarsely sculptured, which makes it difficult to determine presence or absence of carinae. The posterolateral angle of the head lacks a tubercle. Flagellomere I is short, the mesosoma is longer than broad, and a scutellar scale is present. The integument of the head is black, the mesosoma is reddish, and tergum II may have reddish maculae. The apical fringe of tergum I is white, as are the apical fringe of tergum II and the remainder of the metasoma.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Cuba; Cayman Islands; Isle of Pines.

Remarks. This species is known only from the female. It does not key particularly well, much like D. bouvieri . However, like D. bouvieri , it can be identified mainly because of its island distribution. This species is known only from four specimens (the holotype, two paratypes, and one additional specimen). All known specimens except the holotype have been examined.