Ctenotillini Brothers et Lelej, 2017

Lelej, A. S., 2023, Review of the tribe Ctenotillini (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from Oriental and Palaearctic regions, Far Eastern Entomologist 480, pp. 1-22 : 4

Tribe Ctenotillini Brothers et Lelej, 2017

DIAGNOSIS. MALE. At least T4–6 with medial longitudinal carina (except noncarinated T 4–6 in Lehritilla ), prementum tuberculate, mandible apically bidentate, without subapical inner tooth, S7 medially or laterally tuberculate (except unarmed in Ctenotilla caeca ), gonostylus apically straight or slightly down curved (strongly in Williamstilla gen. n.), parapenial lobes dorsally elongate with deep emargination separating them. FEMALE. The sculpture of the pygidial plate is presently the most reliable character to separate females of tribes Ctenotillini , Zeugomutillini and Pristomutillini (granulose or microreticulate in Ctenotillini , although striate in Lehritilla and some Cephalotilla ( Nonveiller, 1979) ; glabrous or weakly longitudinally striate in Zeugomutillini , coarsely longitudinally striate in Pristomutilla (with at least one species having it transversely striate-rugose ( Nonveiller, 1995). Scutellar scale lacking.