Laminatilla mixtoensis
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Laminatilla mixtoensis (Schuster, 1958), ♂ (Figs 230–231, 240–243, 252–255) Odontophotopsis (Odontophotopsis) mixtoensis Schuster, 1958: 56. Holotype male: Mexico, Puebla, Sierra Mixteca, C.A. Purpus (UMSP), examined. Laminatilla mixtoensis: Pitts 2007: 39. Diagnosis. FEMALE. Unknown. MALE. This species can be recognized by the following combination of characters: antennal tubercle unarmed (Figs 240–241); mandible with dorsal carina raised near midpoint (Fig. 242), mandible distinctly narrowed apically (Figs 240–241); mesosternal processes thicker and somewhat conical, not transparent (Fig. 243), separated anteriorly; and legs brown, basically concolorous with body color (Figs 230–231). Body length 13 mm. Material examined. MEXICO, Guerrero, 14 km SW Xochipala, 1770 m, 30.VI.1982, J.E. Rawlins (1♂, CMNH). See Pitts (2007) for additional records. Distribution. Mexico: Guerrero and Puebla. Remarks. This species is apparently rare; only two specimens are known in the literature (Pitts 2007) and only one additional specimen was examined in this study. When eventually collected, the female should be easy to associate with a male, because L. mixtoensis occurs outside the range for any other known Laminatilla species.
Authors: Williams, Kevin A., Pitts, James P., Parikh, Grishma R., Cambra, Roberto A., Zhang, Yunfan, Bartholomay, Pedro R.
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7088515518
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