Cephalotilla Bischoff, 1920

Lelej, A. S., 2023, Review of the tribe Ctenotillini (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from Oriental and Palaearctic regions, Far Eastern Entomologist 480, pp. 1-22 : 6-8

Genus Cephalotilla Bischoff, 1920

Cephalotilla Bischoff, 1920: 24 (in key); 1921, 86A(4): 509 (description), ♂, ♀; Nonveiller, 1979: 81, ♂, ♀; Lelej & Brothers, 2008: 14, ♂, ♀; Brother & Lelej, 2017: 95, ♂, ♀; Pagliano et al., 2020: 157.

Ctenotilla : Brothers, 1975: 592.

Type species: Cephalotilla kamogana Bischoff, 1921 , ♂, by subsequent designation of Bischoff, 1921: 509 [Afrotropical].

DIAGNOSIS. MALE. T4–6 with medial longitudinal carina. S8 medially with deep concavity bordered by lateral tuft of setae, without subbasal lateral tubercle. S7 with lateral tubercle. S2 invaginated sublaterally with distinct lateral longitudinal carina and medial longitudinal carina. FEMALE. Inner margin of mandible without

Figs 1–6. 1–3 – Ctenotilla caeca , ♀; 4–6 – Cephalotilla porcella , ♀. 1, 2, 4, 5 – habitus

(1, 4 – dorsal view, 2, 5 – lateral view); 3, 6 – T6, pygidial plate.

subbasal denticle. Pygidial plate granulose. T2 without two subbasal white spots disposed transversely. T2 apically and T3 with non interrupted band of yellowish or white setae, band on T2 widened medially. T1 width much less than propodeum width. Postgenal carina anterad with dent.

SPECIES INCLUDED. Oriental Cephalotilla porcella ( Turner, 1911) , comb. n. from nominotypical subgenus and undescribed Indian species with reddish-brown head, black legs and narrow pygidial plate. The subgenera Bidentotilla Nonveiller, 1979 with one species, Taeniotilla Nonveiller, 1979 with one species, and 52 species from nominotypical subgenus are distributed in Afrotropical Region ( Nonveiller, 1979).

DISTRIBUTION. Oriental ( Sri Lanka, South India) and Afrotropical Regions.

REMARKS. The genus Cephalotilla is newly recorded from Oriental Region.