Laminatilla mixtoensis ( Schuster, 1958 )

Williams, Kevin A., Pitts, James P., Parikh, Grishma R., Cambra, Roberto A., Zhang, Yunfan & Bartholomay, Pedro R., 2025, Diagnostic review of the Sphaeropthalmini (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Central and North America, Part 1: minor nocturnal genera, Zootaxa 5702 (1), pp. 1-64 : 52-53

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Laminatilla mixtoensis ( Schuster, 1958) , ♂

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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 View FIGURES 232–243 ); mandible with dorsal carina raised near midpoint ( Fig. 242 View FIGURES 232–243 ), mandible distinctly narrowed apically ( Figs 240–241 View FIGURES 232–243 ); mesosternal processes thicker and somewhat conical, not transparent ( Fig. 243 View FIGURES 232–243 ), separated anteriorly; and legs brown, basically concolorous with body color ( Figs 230–231 View FIGURES 226–231 ). 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.