Odontomutilla Ashmead 1899
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Genus Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899
Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899: 55, 58, ♂, ♀; André 1901: 329 (as subgenus), ♂, ♀; 1902: 28, ♂, ♀; Bischoff 1920: 245, ♂, ♀; Mickel 1933: 301, ♀; 1935: 199, ♀, ♂; Nonveiller, 1997: 85, ♂, ♀; Lelej 2002: 106, 2005: 114; Lelej & Brothers 2008: 40; Das & Girish Kumar 2015: 113, ♀; Das et al. 2017: 373, ♀; Okayasu et al. 2018: 320, ♀; Williams et al. 2019: 30, ♀; Lelej et al. 2020: 192, ♂, ♀; Pagliano et al. 2020: 217; Lelej 2023: 2, ♀; 2024: 6; Terine & Girish Kumar 2024: 132, ♂, ♀; Boutin & Vilhelmsen 2024: Figure S1.
Peringueya Ashmead, 1903: 327, 329, ♂, ♀ (type species Mutilla erinnys Péringuey, 1898, ♂, by original designation). Junior subjective synonym of Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899, according to Bischoff, 1920: 245.
Radoszkowskius Ashmead, 1903: 327, 328, ♂, ♀ (type species Mutilla simplicifascia Sichel & Radoszkowski, 1869, ♀, ♂; lectotype ♀, designated by Lelej, 1996: 92) by original designation, Junior subjective synonym of Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899, according to André, 1904: 36 and confirmed by Lelej & Brothers, 2008: 52.
Type species. Odontomutilla abbottii Ashmead, 1899 by original designation (= Mutilla saussurei Sichel & Radoszkowski, 1869, according to André 1901: 329), Afrotropical region.
Diagnosis. Female. Mesonotum laterally expanded to tooth or tubercle. T1 broadly disciform. T2 with large deep anterolateral pubescent fovea or linear felt line. MALE. Mesoscutellum bidentate posteriorly. Propodeum with posterolateral corners angulate or dentate. T1 broadly disciform. Both sexes of Odontomutilla are larger-bodied (8–18 mm) than the structurally similar Yamanetilla Lelej, 1996 (6–9 mm).
Species included and distribution. Currently this genus is composed of 100 valid species and 17 valid subspecies distributed mainly in the Afrotropical (59 species and 13 subspecies) and Oriental (35 species and three subspecies) regions, with four species and one subspecies in the Australian and two species in the Palaearctic regions (Pagliano et al. 2020, updated; Lelej et al. 2020; Lelej 2023; Terine & Girish Kumar 2024; and current data) (Table 1). Sixteen taxa have been named by Nonveiller (1975) for Afrotropical fauna, but never described (nomina nuda).
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- Ashmead
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- Animalia
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- Arthropoda
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- Hymenoptera
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- Mutillidae
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- Odontomutilla
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- Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 sec. Lelej, 2025
References
- Ashmead, W. H. (1899) Superfamilies in the Hymenoptera and generic synopses of the familles Thynnidae, Myrmosidae, and Mutillidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 7, 45-60.
- Andre, E. (1901 - 1902) Materiaux pour servir a la connaissance des Mutillides d'Afrique. Zeitschrift fur Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 1 & 2, 279-288 + 305 - 352 (1901) & 17 - 48 (1902).
- Mickel, C. E. (1933) The Mutillidae of Eastern Asia. Lingnan Science Journal, 19 (3), 289-325.
- Nonveiller, G. (1997) Mutilliden aus Ostafrika mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). (Beitrage zur Mutilliden-Fauna Afrikas: XXVI Beitrag). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 44 (1), 65-119. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.4800440106
- Lelej, A. S. (2002) Catalogue of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of the Palaearctic Region. Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 172 pp.
- Lelej, A. S. (2005) Catalogue of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of the Oriental Region. Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 252 pp.
- Lelej, A. S. & Brothers, D. J. (2008) The genus-group names of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) and their type species, with a new genus, new name, new synonymies, new combinations and lectotypifications. Zootaxa, 1889 (1), 1-79. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1889.1.1
- Das, D. & Girish Kumar, P. (2015) New record and redescription of Odontomutilla speciosa Smith, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from the Indian subcontinent. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 115 (Part-I), 113-116. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v115/i1/2015/121577
- Das, D., Girish Kumar, P. & Bhadra, K. (2017) Description of a new species of the genus Odontomutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa, 4290 (2), 373-376. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4290.2.7
- Okayasu, J., Williams, K. A. & Lelej, A. S. (2018) A remarkable new species of Sinotilla Lelej (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae: Smicromyrmini) from Taiwan and an overview of color diversity in East Asian mutillid females. Zootaxa, 4446 (3), 301-324. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4446.3.1
- Williams, K. A., Lelej, A. S., Okayasu, J., Borkent, C. J., Malee, R., Thoawan, K. & Thaochan, N. (2019) The female velvet ants (aka modkhong) of southern Thailand (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with a key to the genera of southeast Asia. Zootaxa, 4602 (1), 1-69. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4602.1.1
- Lelej, A. S., Terine, J. B., Girish Kumar, P., Das, D. & Sureshan, P. M. (2020) Review of the genus Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Indian subcontinent, with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 4822 (2), 191-208. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4822.2.3
- Pagliano, G., Brothers, D. J., Cambra, R., Lelej, A. S., Lo Cascio, P., Matteini Palmerini, M., Scaramozzino, P. L., Williams, K. A. & Romano, M. (2020) Checklist of names in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera), with illustrations of selected species. Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, 36 (1 - 2), 5-425.
- Lelej, A. S. (2023) Discovery of the genus Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in Myanmar with description of a new species. Far Eastern Entomologist, 476, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.476.1
- Terine, J. B. & Girish Kumar, P. (2024) Three new species of the genus Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
- Boutin, M. & Vilhelmsen, L. (2024) Colour pattern diversity and evolution in Oriental velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Aculeata: Mutillidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 145 (1), 1-16. [supplement data available in Zenodo at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10853048] https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blae064
- Peringuey, L. (1898) Description of some new or little known South African Mutillidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 1 (1), 33-94. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.13904
- Lelej, A. S. (1996) Mutillid wasps collected in Malaysia and Indonesia by Dr. Sk. Yamane (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae). Tropics, 6 (1 / 2), 91-104. https://doi.org/10.3759/tropics.6.91
- Andre, E. (1904) Examen critique d'uen nouvelle classification proposee par M. le Dr. W. H. Ashmead pour la famille des Mutillidae. Revue d'Entomologie, 23 (1), 27-41.
- Nonveiller, G. (1975) Rapport d'Activite pour la periode 1962 - 1975. Universite de Yaounde, Ecole Nationale Superieure Agronomique, Laboratoire d'Entomologie, Yaounde (Cameroun). FAO, Roma, 183 pp.