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identical, except that the clypeus is whitish (Fig. 17); the scutellum is 
completely black (often with some white in females). The clypeus is 
longer than wide and weakly pointed, the mandibles are tridentate, 
the postocular carina is very short, the malar space is about 1 / 2 the 
width of the interantennal distance, the pronotum projects very 
slightly, the first metasomal tergum is about 1 1 / 3 as long as wide, 
and sternum II has traces of posterolateral ridges. The genitalia are 
illustrated in Fig. 59. 
Gayella mutilloides Saussure 
G. mutilloides Saussure, 1855: 114, 5 (BMNH) — “Le Chili.” 
G. odyneroides Schulthess, 1910: 189. Lapsus for mutilloides. 
G. mutilloides nigerrima Giordani Soika, 1960 (1958): 80, 2 (Gior- 
dani Soika coll.)— “Cile.” 
The synonymy was established by Bequaert and Ruiz (1942) and 
Willink (1963). Willink (1956) described the male, and recorded the 
species from Argentina: Chubut and Neuquen. In addition to the 
holotype of mutilloides, I have seen material from Chile: Nuble, 
?Valdivia (CAS), and “El Manzano” (MCZ); and Argentina: Rio 
Negro. It has also been recorded from Aconcagua and Malleco by 
Willink and Ajmat de Toledo (1979). 
Gayella patagonica Willink 
G. patagonica Willink, 1956:341, 342, 350, figs. 9, 10, 1 1, 2<3 (type 9 
IML) — “Esquel, Chubut, Argentina.” 
G. cerceroides Giordani Soika, 1960 (1958):82, 2 (BMNH)— “N. W. 
Patagonia, 1000-3000 piedi.” 
The synonymy was established by Willink (1963), who also 
recorded this species from Chile: Lo Valdes, Cordillera de Santiago 
2500 m (stated to be in the MCZ but not there; Willink and Ajmat 
de Toledo, 1979, cite what is evidently this specimen as in IML). In 
addition to the holotype of cerceroides, I have seen specimens from 
Argentina: Chubut (including a paratype from MF) and Rio Negro, 
gonica, 11X. 61. G. mutilloides, 13X. 62. G. mutilloides, 13X. Lateral view. 63. 
G. luispenai, 15X. Ventral view, a: aedeagus; di: digitus; cu: cuspis; ng: narrowing of 
propodeal median groove; pa: paramere; pi: dorsal parameral lobe; sp: parameral 
spine; t: tubercle of cuspis. 
