Lehritilla Lelej, 2005

Lelej, A. S., 2023, Review of the tribe Ctenotillini (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from Oriental and Palaearctic regions, Far Eastern Entomologist 480, pp. 1-22 : 13

Genus Lehritilla Lelej, 2005

Lehritilla Lelej, 2005: 138 (in key); 172 (description), ♂; Lelej & Brothers, 2008: 32, ♂, Brother & Lelej, 2017: 95, ♂; Pagliano et al., 2020: 161; Waldren et al., 2023: 12.

Type species: Lehritilla lanka Lelej, 2005 , ♂, by original designation.

DIAGNOSIS. MALE. T3–7 without medial longitudinal carina. Prementum basally tuberculate. Mandible with weak subbasal tooth on inner border, with well-defined dorsal curved carina and large triangle lobe beneath. T2 with long lateral felt line and sharp tubercle between line and lateral tergal border. S2 without any lateral felt line, with short weak basal longitudinal carina. S7 with lateral lobe. S8 with strong medial longitudinal curved carina, Tegula large, projecting over mesoscuto-scutellar suture. Gonostylus with strong short dorsal process and slender long ventral one. FEMALE. Inner margin of mandible without subbasal denticle. T2 with two basal small spots of pale setae disposed transversely. T3–4 with lateral spot of pale setae. Pygidial plate longitudinally striated throughout or apically micropunctate, laterally carinated, apical fifth bordered by wide sternal lateral carina.

DESCRIPTION. FEMALE (hitherto unknown). Mandible with preapical tooth. Prementum basally tuberculate. Hypostomal carina with tooth. Genal carina weak. Clypeus concave with basomedial tubercle, anterior border with two tubercles. F1 1.5 times as long as F2. Pronotum with well defined humeral carina. Procoxa anterad with small shiny tubercle. Propodeum posterodorsally with complete row of short teeth. T1 slightly narrower than propodeum posterad. T2 with two basal spots of pale setae disposed transversely. T3–4 with lateral spot of pale setae. Pygidial plate longitudinally striate throughout or apically micropunctate, laterally carinated, apical fifth bordered by wide sternal lateral carina.

SPECIES INCLUDED. Lehritilla lanka Lelej, 2005 , ♂; L. ianthis ( Turner, 1911) , ♀, comb. n.; L. locascioi ( Lelej, 2005) , ♀, comb. n.

DISTRIBUTION. Oriental Region (South India, Sri Lanka).

REMARK. The male of Lehritilla has some unique characters within subfamily Mutillinae : bilobed gonostylus, weakly notched eye, and mandible with large triangle lobe beneath. Waldren et al. (2023) was not included this genus in their study because of the lacking material. I confirm here the position of Lehritilla in the tribe Ctenotillini sensu Waldren et al. (2023) . Hitherto unknown females of Lehritilla were transferred from the genus Pristomutilla ( ianthis and locascioi ). Pristomutilla pauli ( André, 1898) transferred here to the Denistilla gen. n. (see above). Two retain Pristomutilla species (pectinospinata Magretti, 1892 and spinulosa André, 1898) are transferred or will be transferred to the Zeugomutilla Chen, 1957 . As a result the distribution of the genus Pristomutilla Ashmead, 1903 is limited by Afrotropical Region.