The female velvet ants (aka modkhong) of southern Thailand (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with a key to the genera of southeast Asia
Author
Williams, Kevin A.
Author
Lelej, Arkady S.
Author
Okayasu, Juriya
Author
Borkent, Christopher J.
Author
Malee, Rufeah
Author
Thoawan, Kodeeyah
Author
Thaochan, Narit
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-07
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10.5281/zenodo.2669927
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2669927
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Genus 5.
Ctenotilla
Bischoff, 1920
Diagnosis.
FEMALE. In the Oriental and Palaearctic regions, this is the only mutilline genus with a transverse row of teeth on the propodeum and with the disc of T2 lacking setal spots. This genus is separated from similar Afrotropical genera by having T1 as broad as the propodeum and having the gena not armed with a dentate carina. MALE. See
Nonveiller (1979)
and
Lelej (2005)
.
Diversity and Distribution.
Three species are recognized:
C. caeca
(
Radoszkowski, 1879
)
, which is widespread in the Palaearctic;
C. porcella
(
Turner, 1911
)
from
India
and
Sri Lanka
; and
C. guangdongensis
Lelej, 1992
, which is known from
China
and
Thailand
.
Remarks.
The Chinese and Thai species,
C. guangdongensis
, is the only one presently known from females only.