Odontomutilla spectra ( Bingham, 1908 )

Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P., Das, Dipanwita & Sureshan, Pavittu M., 2020, Review of the genus Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Indian subcontinent, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4822 (2), pp. 191-208 : 202

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12. Odontomutilla spectra ( Bingham, 1908)

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Mutilla spectra Bingham, 1908: 350 , ♀, type locality, Oncha near Naini Tal, United Provinces [ India: Uttarakhand], holotype in NZC.

Odontomutilla spectra: Lelej 2005: 117 , ♀.

Odontomutilla speciosa: Das & Girish Kumar 2015: 113 , ♀ (Maharashtra); Das et al. 2017: 376, ♀.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. Head ferruginous. T1 with spot of pale setae medially. T 2 in basal half with three separate spots of pale setae, located transversely. MALE. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype of Mutilla spectra Bingham , ♀, India, Oncha Gaon, Naini Tal District, United Provinces [currently Uttarakhand State], 1–6. IV.[19]07, Mus. Collr. [Indian Museum Collector] // Mutilla spectra ♀. Bingh , Type // 6064 15 // Type [ ZSC] . Additional material. India: Maharashtra, 1 ♀, Kandala, 19.IV.1983, A.R. Lahiri & party leg., N15032 View Materials /H3 // Odontomutilla speciosa (Smith) Das & Girish Kumar det. [ NZC] ; Karnataka, 1 ♀, 15 km N Bangalore , 23–24.VII.[19]96, KT, K. Werner & L. Lorenz leg. [ MZUF] .

Distribution. India: Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Karnataka ( Fig. 36 View FIGURE 36 ).

Remark. Das and Girish Kumar (2015) recorded this species from India (Maharashtra, Karnataka) as Odontomutilla speciosa ( Smith, 1855) which was described from Hong Kong ( China). Mickel (1933) studied the holotype of Odontomutilla speciosa and provided the differences with the related O. chrysococcina (Sichel et Radoszkowski, 1869) from Iran. After the re-examination of Indian material we consider that the records from Das & Girish Kumar (2015) was a misidentified O. spectra ( Bingham, 1908) described from India (Uttarakhand). Therefore we excluded O. speciosa ( Smith, 1855) from the list of Indian subcontinent fauna.