Review of the genus Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Indian subcontinent, with description of two new species Author Lelej, Arkady S. Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia Author Terine, Joshua B. 0000-0002-6981-7401 Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India. & terinejb @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6981 - 7401 terinejb@gmail.com Author Kumar, Girish P. 0000-0003-2121-0165 Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India. & kpgiris @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2121 - 0165 kpgiris@gmail.com Author Das, Dipanwita Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore 700053, Kolkata, India Author Sureshan, Pavittu M. 0000-0003-4722-6368 Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India. & pmsuresh 43 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4722 - 6368 pmsuresh43@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2020 2020-08-05 4822 2 191 208 journal article 8825 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.2.3 22ff3b27-62a8-4253-b9f3-76e185b7b35a 1175-5326 4401429 4E5E31D2-A461-4114-8578-9FE9DB713F3E 2. Odontomutilla aurifex ( Smith, 1879 ) Mutilla aurifex Smith, 1879: 198 , ♀ , ♂ , type locality: Bombay Presidency [ India : Maharashtra ], syntypes in BMNH; Cameron 1892: 117 , 136; Bingham 1897: 7 , 9, 34, ♀ , ♂ . ? Odontomutilla aurifex : André 1902: 30 , ♀ . Odontomutilla aurifex : Lelej, 2005: 114 . Diagnosis. FEMALE (see Smith 1879 ). Head ferruginous. F1 length 1.5 × F2. T3 and T4 with band of golden setae narrowly interrupted medially. T1 medially with spot of pale setae. T 2 in basal half with wide transverse band of golden setae, which is acuminated posteromedially. MALE. Head ferruginous. T 2 in basal two third with wide band of golden setae. Mesoscutellum posterad and metapostnotum medially with long (as long as mesoscutellum length) dense golden setae oriented backward. Material examined . India : 1 ♂ [ FSCA ] . Distribution. India : Maharashtra ( Fig. 36 ). Remark. Possibly the figure of Mutilla pulchrina Smith, 1855 in Cameron 1892 : plate 1, fig. 8 belongs to M. aurifex Smith, 1879 . Cameron (1892: 136) regarded aurifex as a variant of pulchrina . The study of male genitalia of aurifex will help to recognize the status of this species and possible synonymy with O. pulchrina ( Smith, 1855 ) .