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Zeugomutilla horni Andre 1907

Description

Zeugomutilla horni (André, 1907)

(Figs 27, 31)

Mutilla horni André, 1907: 254, ♀, two syntypes: " Sigiri, Kekirawa " (Sri Lanka) [MNHN, SDEI]; Nonveiller 1995: 33, 115, ♀ (Sri Lanka); Taeger et al. 2005: 233, ♀.

Zeugomutilla horni: Lelej, 2005: 37, ♀ (Sri Lanka).

Diagnosis. Female. Body length 7.2–8.0 mm. Dorsoposterior propodeal border with median longer blunt tooth and three shorter ones from either side of this. Spots of golden setae on metasomal tergum 2 large, conjugated, posterior border of tergum 2 with fringe of black setae; terga 3–5 with band of golden setae. Head and scape yellowishorange; mesosoma and legs ferruginous. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Sri Lanka: ♀, syntype of Mutilla horni (without head) [SDEI], "Kerikawa / Ceylon / W. Horn / Syntypus / Mutilla Horni nov. sp., ♀ " [Sri Lanka, 7°56′58″N, 80°45′01″E]. Other material. Sri Lanka: Anuradhapura District: Ritigala Natural Reserve, 24–25.ii.1979 (K. Krombein et al.), 1♀. Monaragala District: Angunakolapelessa, 27–28.iii.1981 (K. Krombein et al.), 1♀ [USNM]; India: [Tamil Nadu], Nilgiri Hills, Davala, 3200 ft. [975 m], v.1961 (P. Susai Nathan), 2♀ [RMNH].

Distribution: India (new record) (Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka (dry zone).

Notes

Published as part of Lelej, Arkady S., Williams, Kevin A., Loktionov, Valery M., Pang, Hong & Xu, Zai-Fu, 2017, Review of the genus Zeugomutilla Chen, 1957 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Mutillini), with description of two new species, pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 4247 (1) on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/437934

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN, SDEI , RMNH , SDEI , USNM
Event date
1979-02-24
Verbatim event date
1979-02-24/1981-03-28
Scientific name authorship
Andre
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Mutillidae
Genus
Zeugomutilla
Species
horni
Taxon rank
species
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Zeugomutilla horni Andre, 1907 sec. Lelej, Williams, Loktionov, Pang & Xu, 2017

References

  • Andre, E. (1907) Liste des Mutillides recueillis a Ceylan par M. le Dr. Walter Horn et description des especes nouvelles. (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 3, 251 - 258.
  • Nonveiller, G. (1995) Recherches sur les Mutillides de l'Afrique XVII. Note pour servir a la connaissance du genre Pristomutilla Ashmead, 1903 (♂ ♀) avec description du male encore inconnu du genre, d'especes nouvelles du genre et des nouveaux sous-genres Diacanthotilla (♀♀) et Acanthomutilla (♀♀) (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae). Entomofauna, 16 (5), 29 - 120.
  • Taeger, A., Gaedike, H. & Blank, S. M. (2005) Katalog der primaren Hymenopteren-Typen des DEI (unter Ausschluss der Symphyta und Sphecidae s. l.). Beitrage zur Entomologie, 55 (1), 151 - 250.
  • Lelej, A. S. (2005) Catalogue of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of the Oriental Region. Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 252 pp.