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 17.
Karlidia
Lelej in
Lelej & Krombein, 1999
Diagnosis.
FEMALE. Immediately recognizable by the small black head, moderate eyes, laterally swollen mesonotum, and dense elongate setae covering the body. See
Lelej and Krombein (1999)
for additional traits. MALE. Unknown.
Diversity and Distribution.
One species from northern
Thailand
and
Myanmar
*.
Remarks.
Karlidia peterseni
Lelej in
Lelej & Krombein, 1999
(
Fig. 16
) was described from nearly
30 specimens
collected in
October
1979
in the Doi Suther-Pui National Park in
Chiang Mai
,
Thailand
. We have subsequently examined one additional female from the Doi Suther-Pui park collected in
March 1958
(BPBM) and
16 ♀
from the
Kayin
State of
Myanmar
[Tenasserim, Sukli,
75 km
E of Moulmein,
600 m
,
27–31.X.1934
, Malaise trap (FSCA, RMNH)].