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Zeugomutilla spinulosa Andre 1898, comb. nov.

Description

Zeugomutilla spinulosa (André, 1898), comb. nov.

(Figs 29, 33)

Mutilla spinulosa André 1898: 26, ♀, type locality " Kurrachee [Pakistan, Karachi], Kanara [India, Karnataka], Poona [India, Maharashtra], Cochin [India, Kerala]" [MNHN]; Nonveiller 1995: 33, 115, ♀ (India).

Pristomutilla spinulosa: Lelej 2005: 36, ♀ (Pakistan, India: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala).

Diagnosis. Female. Body length 5.5–7.2 mm. Dorsoposterior propodeal border with 8–12 strong teeth, median teeth longer. Surface of pygidial plate with indefinite sculpture in basal half, smooth and shining in apical half. Spots of whitish setae on metasomal tergum 2 small, distance between them 2.0 × their diameter and more. Metasomal terga 3–4 with median widened posterad large spot of whitish setae. Head brown with large reddishbrown spot on frons and vertex; legs brown. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Other material. India: [Karnataka], 15 km N Bangalore, KT, 23–24.vii.1996, (K. Werner & L. Lorenz), 1♀ [MZUF]; [Tamil Nadu], Nedungadu P.O., Tanjore, Dt., 27.iv.1938 (P.S. Nathan & J. Lindemans), 2♀ [RMNH].

Distribution. India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Pakistan (Karachi).

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 page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/437934

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN , MZUF , RMNH
Event date
1938-04-27 , 1996-07-23
Verbatim event date
1938-04-27 , 1996-07-23/24
Scientific name authorship
Andre
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Mutillidae
Genus
Zeugomutilla
Species
spinulosa
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Zeugomutilla spinulosa (André, 1898) sec. Lelej, Williams, Loktionov, Pang & Xu, 2017

References

  • Andre, E. (1898) Etude sur les mutillides du Museum de Paris. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 67, 1 - 79.
  • 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.
  • Lelej, A. S. (2005) Catalogue of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of the Oriental Region. Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 252 pp.