Tropidotilla fimbriata (Klug 1829)

Mutilla fimbriata Klug 1829: [15], tab. 4, fig. 3, Ψ "ex Aegypto, ... varietas duplo minor in Arabia felici" [Egypt, Yemen], syntypes in ZMHU.

Mutilla litoralis var. fimbriata: André 1910: 7, Ψ.

Tropidotilla fimbriata: Bischoff 1920: 156, Ψ; Invrea 1960: 206, Ψ; Suárez 1963: 925, Ψ; Lelej 2002: 49, Ψ.

Material examined

Yemen: Wadi Surdud, 28–29.XII.1991, AvH, 1 Ψ [ZMAN]; Lahj, XI–XII.1999, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 1 Ψ [IBSS]; 12 km NW Manakhah, 15.V–23.VI.2003, MT, AvH, 1 Ψ [RMNH]; Aden, Mohur, 9.VIII.1983, 1 Ψ, A. Mochi [MRSN].

Remarks

The female of Tropidotilla fimbriata has almost quadrate mesosoma as it was mentioned in the original description (Klug 1829). The other female species has elongate mesosoma (mesosoma length 1.3X its maximal width) and we associated it with males of T. milmili that have a narrower mesosoma than T. frontalis and T. bellii . Definitely, T. fimbriata is the opposite sex of T. frontalis or T. bellii, but the synonymy will be proposed when the status of T. bellii is clarified.