Cacomisthus Townes, 1970
Holotype label: Punta Arenas, Magallanes, Chile, March 11, 1962, T. Cekalovick (in AEI: American Entomological Institute).
Paratypes (in AEI): Los Robles, Magallanes, Chile, Jan. 22, 1961, T. Cekalovick. Female, 3 km. east of Las Trancas, Roble, Chile, Jan. 16, 1967, Lionel Stange.
The type species is relative small (front wing 2.7 to 3.3 mm. long according to Townes (1970)). It is a black species with infumate wings and the apex of femora and adjacent base of tibia whitish.
The description is based largely on two females in the Texas A&M University collection.
There are no specimens currently determined for this OTU, or those specimens determined for this OTU are not yet mappable.
This work would not have been possible without the groundwork provided by Ian Gauld’s study of the Australian and Costa Rican faunas, and we are particularly grateful for his assistance in many aspects of this study. We also thank David Wahl of the American Entomological Institute and Andy Bennett of the Canadian National Collection for extended loans of the material used for this study and particularly John Heraty for his collection of valuable material from Chile. Matt Yoder provided considerable assistance with databasing issues, and our use of PURLs (http://purl.oclc.org) in this regard follows the example of their use in publications by Norm Johnson. Heather Cummins, Andrea Walker, Patricia Mullins, Caitlin Nessner, Amanda Ladigo, Jacques Dubois, and Cheryl Hyde graciously assisted with image processing, formatting, and literature retrieval. This study was supported by the National Science Foundation’s PEET program under Grant No. DEB 0328922 and associated REU supplement #s DEB 0723663, 0923134, and 1026618. Page last updated April, 2015.
This material is based upon work at Texas A&M University supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DEB 0328922 with REU supplements DEB 0723663, 0923134, and 1026618. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.