Orientilla vietnamica Lelej, 1979

Williams, Kevin A., Lelej, Arkady S., Okayasu, Juriya, Borkent, Christopher J., Malee, Rufeah, Thoawan, Kodeeyah & Thaochan, Narit, 2019, The female velvet ants (aka modkhong) of southern Thailand (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with a key to the genera of southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4602 (1), pp. 1-69 : 11

3a. Orientilla vietnamica Lelej, 1979

( Figs 2 , 33–35 )

Orientilla vietnamica Lelej 1979: 1066 , ♀; 2005: 113l; Okayasu et al. 2018: 309.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. This is the only eastern Orientilla species with the head reddish-brown. Other useful features are mentioned in the original description by Lelej (1979). Body length 8.0– 9.1 mm. MALE. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype, ♀, VIETNAM, Nha-Trang, S[outh] Annam, V–IX.1933, K. Davydoff [ZISP]. Other Material (9 ♀). MYANMAR (1♀ Museo Regionale Scienze Naturali, Torino, Italy). THAILAND: Chiang Mai, Doi Pui , 1200–1500 m, near Chiang Mai, 23.XII.1997, Sk. Yamane (1♀ SKYC); Omkoi District , Dry dipterocarp forest, 17 o 50′49.9″N 98 o 22′33.0″, 950–1010 m alt.: 10.IX.2016, R. Mizuno (1♀ EUM); 27.VI.2017, R. Mizuno (1♀ EUM); 28.VI.2017, R. Mizuno (1♀ EUM); Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen, 15.X.1972, M. Sato (1♀ EUM); Phetchaburi, Kaeng Krachan, Baan Maka Nature Lodge, 12.840 o N 99.590 o E, 140 m, 22.V.2018, MKT (1♀ CSCA); Ubon Ratchathani, Pha Taem National Park, wildflower field, 15 o 27.34'N 105 o 34.87'E, 232 m, Malaise trap, 18–25.XI.2006, Sorawit and Thongdee, T1060 (1♀ QSBG). VIETNAM, "Nha-Trang, S[outh] Annam, V– IX.1933, K. Dubovikoff " [South Vietnam, Nha Trang] (1♀ IBSS).

Distribution. Thailand (Phetchaburi, Ubon Ratchathani), Myanmar, and Vietnam.

Remarks. In Thailand, O. vietnamica Lelej, 1979 was initially recorded by Lelej (2005). Two additional Thai specimens of O. vietnamica were studied, including one collected in Phetchaburi in 2018.

Figures

FIGURES 1–28. Mutillidae, dorsal habitus of females. Scale bars represent actual specimen length.

FIGURES 29–35. Rhopalomutillinae and Dasylabrinae females 29–32. Pherotilla striganovae; 33–35. Orientilla vietnamica. 29, 33. Habitus, dorsal view; 30, 34. Habitus, lateral view; 31, 35. Face view; 32. T6.