Eur. J. Entomol. 121: 182-196, 2024 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2024.019

Kevinilla, a new velvet ant genus in the Sphaeropthalminae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)Original article

Pedro R. BARTHOLOMAY ORCID...1, 2, Roberto A. CAMBRA ORCID...3, Carlos W. RAMOS ORCID...4, 5, 6, Estibali WILKIE ORCID...6, Yostin J. AÑINO ORCID...3, 5
1 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil; e-mail: pedroreck@gmail.com
2 Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil
3 Museo de Invertebrados G.B. Fairchild, Estafeta Universitaria Apartado 00017, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá 0824, Panama; e-mails: cambramiup60@gmail.com, yostin0660@gmail.com
4 Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá 0824, Panamá; e-mail: carlos.ramosd@up.ac.pa
5 Estación Científica Coiba (COIBA-AIP), calle Gustavo Lara, Edificio 145B, Ciudad del Saber, Clayton, Panamá
6 Laboratorio de Genética y Biología Molecular, Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá; e-mail: estibaliw@gmail.com

The new genus Kevinilla Bartholomay & Cambra includes the following four Neotropical species: Kevinilla ludovica (Cameron, 1895) comb. n. (the type species), K. bicarinata (Cambra & Quintero, 2008) comb. n., K. bimaculata (Cambra & Quintero, 2008) comb. n., and K. hansoni (Cambra & Quintero, 2008) comb. n., all transferred from Pseudomethoca. A neighbour joining tree clustered IST1 sequences of Kevinilla in a subclade of the main clade, which includes species of Pseudomethoca and Dasymutilla. Therefore, here Kevinilla is considered to be a member of the subfamily Sphaeropthalminae, tribe Pseudomethocini. A key for both sexes of the known species of Kevinilla is given, as well as an account of seasonal flight activity of males recorded over six years using Malaise traps on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.

Keywords: Taxonomy, Pseudomethocini, molecular analysis, seasonal flight activity, Neotropical, Panama

Received: January 29, 2024; Revised: April 1, 2024; Accepted: April 1, 2024; Published online: April 18, 2024  Show citation

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BARTHOLOMAY, P.R., CAMBRA, R.A., RAMOS, C.W., WILKIE, E., & AÑINO, Y.J. (2024). Kevinilla, a new velvet ant genus in the Sphaeropthalminae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). EJE, 121, Article 182-196. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2024.019
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