Tropidotilla bellii, Magretti, 1906

Lelej, Arkady S. & Harten, Antonius Van, 2006, A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Yemen, Zootaxa 1226, pp. 1-50 : 18

* Tropidotilla bellii (Magretti 1906)

Mutilla bellii Magretti 1906: 68 , fig. 10, ♂, holotype "Saati" [ Eritrea, South of Massawa], III. 1901, leg. V. Belli [ MSNG].

Tropidotilla bellii: Bischoff 1920: 157 , ♂.

Material examined

Yemen: Al Kowd, 27.X – 6.XI. 1992, MT, AvH 1 ɗ [ ZMAN]; Al Kadan, 17.II – 31.III. 1998, MT, AvH & H.M. Naser, 2 ɗ [ ZMAN]; 3.XII. 1997 – 17.II. 1998, MT, AvH & H.M. Naser, 1 ɗ [ ZMAN]; Lahj, XI –XII. 1999, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 1 ɗ [ ZMAN]; II. 2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 1 ɗ [ ZMAN]; 17.V – 15.VI. 2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 4 ɗ [ RMNH]; 15–30.VI. 2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 8 ɗ [ RMNH]; VII. 2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 3 ɗ [ RMNH]; VIII. 2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 5 ɗ [ RMNH]; X. 2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 1 ɗ [ RMNH]; XI. 2000, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 2 ɗ [ RMNH]; I. 2001, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 1 ɗ [ RMNH]; IV. 2001, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 2 ɗ [ RMNH]; VII –IX. 2001, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 2 ɗ [ RMNH]; 1.X – 17.XI. 2001, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 2 ɗ [ RMNH]; III –V. 2002, MT, AvH & A. Sallam, 2 ɗ [ RMNH].

Distribution

Yemen (new record), Eritrea (Magretti 1906).

Remarks

See Tropidotilla frontalis for the discussion of the taxonomic status of T. bellii .