Review of the tribe Mutillini (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from the Oriental Region

Abstract

The species in the tribe Mutillini (Mutillidae: Mutillinae) sensu Waldren et al. (2022, in press) of the Oriental region are reviewed. Fourteen species in the genera Kurzenkotilla Lelej, 2005, Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758, Standfussidia Lelej, 2005, and Storozhenkotilla Lelej, 2005 are keyed, reviewed, and illustrated. The males of the genus Kurzenkotilla are described and associated with the females. One new species: Storozhenkotilla nathani Lelej, sp. nov., male is described from India (Karnataka and Kerala). New combinations are proposed for Kurzenkotilla harmandi (André, 1898), comb. nov., K. rufodorsata (Cameron, 1897), comb. nov., K. semiviolacea (André, 1896), comb. nov., K. cicatricifera (André, 1894), comb. nov., and Storozhenkotilla binghami (Lelej, 2005), comb. nov. Six new country records are presented: Kurzenkotilla niveosignata (André, 1894) from Pakistan, K. annamensis Lelej, 2005 from Thailand, K. visrara (Cameron, 1898) from India, K. scrobiculata (Hammer, 1962) from Nepal, K. rufodorsata (Cameron, 1897) from Nepal, and Storozhenkotilla binghami Lelej, 2005 from Sri Lanka. Specimens of Mutilla mikado Cameron, 1900 from China were misidentified as Mutilla europaea by Su et al. (2019), and we recognize M. mikado as the sole member of the genus Mutilla to occur in the Oriental region. A key to the species of Oriental Mutillini is provided. 

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“…Neotrogaspidia Lelej, 1996: 20, male/female; Lelej & Nemkov, 1997: 4; Lelej, 2002: 82; Lelej, 2005: 79; Lelej & Brothers, 2008: 39; Lo Cascio, 2015: 553; Brothers & Lelej, 2017: 96; Okayasu et al ., 2018: 304, female; Pagliano et al ., 2020: 253; Okayasu et al ., 2021: 86, male/female; Brothers, 2022: 145.…”

“…Neotrogaspidia pustulata : Lelej, 1996: 21, part; Lelej, 2002: 82, part; Lelej, 2005: 79, part; Hua, 2006: 300, part; Pagliano et al ., 2020: 253, part.…”

“…Neotrogaspidia pustulata : Lelej, 1996: 21; Yamane, 1999: 378, male/female; Lelej et al ., 2001: 12, male/female; Waki, 2001: 35, female; Azuma et al ., 2002: 322; Iwata et al ., 2002: 122, female; Lelej, 2002: 82; Haneda, 2003: 1; Haneda & Tano, 2003: 9, female; Tano et al ., 2003: 24, male; Kurokawa, 2003: 59, female; Nakamura, 2003: 287, male/female; Katô et al ., 2004: 56, male/female; Nagase, 2004: 1280, male/female; Haneda et al ., 2005: 57, male; Lelej, 2005: 79; Terayama, 2005: 7, male/female; Haneda et al ., 2006a: 5, female; Haneda et al ., 2006b: 40, male; Hua, 2006: 300; Ohkusa, 2007: 30, male/female; Takahashi & Shimizu, 2007: 11, male; Haneda et al ., 2007: 50, male; Ikudome & Yamane, 2007: 6; Ohkusa & Tajima, 2008: 69, male; Ikudome & Yamane, 2009: 3, male/female; Ohkusa & Tajima, 2010: 7, male; Yamamoto, 2010: 25, male/female; Sato & Tsurusaki, 2010: 68; Terayama et al ., 2011: 21, male/female; Suda, 2011: 137, female; Mimura, 2014: 16, male; Murao, 2014: 644, female; Lo Cascio, 2015: 553; Murao, 2015: 36, female; Terayama et al ., 2016: 169, male/female; Inoue, 2018: 27, female; Okayasu et al ., 2018: 304, female; Suda, 2018: 39, female; Imai, 2019: 2, male/female; Kim & Kwon, 2019: 94; Mimura, 2019: 57, male/female; Okayasu, 2020: 95, male/female; Pagliano et al ., 2020: 253; Akiyama et al ., 2021: 141, female; Ôtsui et al ., 2021: 35, male/female; Kan, 2022: 178, male.…”

“…This genus includes the following eight species: N. circumcincta (André, 1896), ♂♀ (China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam); N. elpinice (Mickel, 1933), ♂♀ (China, Taiwan); N. haemarrhoa (Zavattari, 1914), ♂ (Indonesia: Lombok, Sumbawa); N. hammeri (Suárez, 1959), ♂♀ (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Palestine, Russia, Turkmenistan); N. pustulata (Smith, 1873), ♂♀ (Japan, North Korea, South Korea); N. recticarinata (Chen, 1957), ♂ (China, Taiwan); N. serafica (Zavattari, 1914), ♀ (Indonesia: Ambon, Lombok, Solor, Sumbawa); N. tricarinata (Zavattari, 1907), ♂ (Indonesia: Aru or Kei). Based on the overlapping distribution (Indonesia: Lombok and Sumbawa), N. serafica was suggested as the female of N. haemarrhoa (Lelej, 2005).…”

“…The genus Neotrogaspidia Lelej, 1996 is a small taxon of the tribe Trogaspidiini Bischoff, 1920 ( sensu Brothers & Lelej 2017), with five valid species from the Australasian, Oriental and Palearctic Regions (Lelej 2005; Pagliano et al . 2020; Brothers 2022).…”