Review of the tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff, 1920 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
Author
Lelej, Arkady S.
0000-0001-7501-0981
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia. lelej @ biosoil. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7501 - 0981
lelej@biosoil.ru
Author
Williams, Kevin A.
0000-0002-6073-1070
Plant Pest Diagnostic Center, California Department of Food & Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832, USA. Kevin. Williams @ cdfa. ca. gov; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6073 - 1070
illiams@cdfa.ca.gov
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-01-27
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2
101
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5231.2.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5231.2.1
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26.
Tsunekimyrme
Lelej, 1995
(
Figs 80–81
)
Tsunekimyrme
Lelej, 1995b: 3
(key), 16 (description), ♁; 64;
Lelej & Brothers 2008: 64
;
Brothers & Lelej 2017: 96
, ♁;
Pagliano
et al.
2020: 204
.
Type
species
Mutilla fluctuata
Smith, 1865
, by original designation.
Diagnosis
. MALE.Head robust,rounded posterad,frons longitudinally striate,vertex densely punctate.Mandible robust, tridentate apically, deeply excised beneath, forming large subbasal, dorsal margin medially elevated. Clypeus convex, with median longitudinal carina, anterior margin protruding and shallowly emarginated. Ocelli small, POD 3.7 × posterior ocellus diameter, ocellar area slightly elevated. Scape distinctly bicarinate beneath. F1 equal its maximal width. Tegula not protruding beyond axillae. Parascutal carinae well developed and highly elevated. Notauli full, parapsidal furrow short. Scutellum simple. Mesopleuron without precoxal tubercles. Metacoxa mesally carinate. Wings subhyaline, stigmatic cell 0.7 × distance between base of stigmatic cell and origin of
RS
on vein
Sc
. T2 with long, S2 with short lateral felt line. T7 without median impunctate area. S8 densely punctate. Genital volsella widened basally, with long narrow cuspis; basivolsella with external, extremely long, strong setae; volsella with long, parallel setae on inner margin and a few longer ones on apex. FEMALE. Unknown.
Diversity and distribution
. One species, based on males only, is recognized from the
Philippines
.
Remarks
. This species is similar in appearance to many other
Oriental
genera, like
Mickelomyrme
(
Fig. 38
), but has large, dilated mandibles like
Dentilla
(
Figs 12, 16
) and
Ephutomma
(
Fig. 23
).