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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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.2669927
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1175-5326
2669927
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Genus 31.
Wallacidia
Lelej & Brothers, 2008
Diagnosis.
FEMALE. Females are separated from other trogaspidiine genera by having the pygidium irregularly rugose throughout. Other useful diagnostic features include the unarmed procoxa, presence of a scutellar scale, and the broadened propodeum. MALE. See Lelej (1996c).
Diversity and Distribution.
This genus includes 23 Oriental species.
Remarks.
This genus was revised, as
Timulla oculata
, by
O’Toole (1975)
. Each of the currently recognized species in the eastern Oriental region were formerly considered as subspecies of
W. oculata
. This genus was formerly treated under the name
Radoszkowskius
Ashmead, 1903
.