Zeugomutilla bainbriggei ( Turner, 1911 )

Lelej, Arkady S., Williams, Kevin A., Loktionov, Valery M., Pang, Hong & Xu, Zai-Fu, 2017, Review of the genus Zeugomutilla Chen, 1957 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Mutillini), with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4247 (1), pp. 1-15 : 5

Zeugomutilla bainbriggei ( Turner, 1911)

(Figs 26, 30, 34)

Mutilla bainbriggei Turner, 1911: 144 , ♀, syntypes: " Hambantota , Ceylon " ( Sri Lanka ) [ BMNH, CNMS]; Nonveiller 1995: 33, 115, ♀ ( Sri Lanka ) .

Zeugomutilla bainbriggei: Lelej, 2005: 37 , ♀ (Sri Lanka ).

Diagnosis. Female. Body length 4.0– 5.6 mm. Dorsoposterior propodeal border with median longer blunt tooth and three–four shorter ones from either side of this. Surface of pygidial plate with shallow longitudinal striae, smooth and shining apically. Spots of whitish setae on metasomal tergum 2 small, distance between them 2.0 × their diameter and more, apical border of tergum 2 with fringe of black setae. Metasomal terga 3–4 with band of whitish setae, tergum 5 with black to brown setae. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Syntypes of Mutilla bainbriggei Turner : 3♀, Sri Lanka : Hambantota , 28–29.xi.1908, T[homas] B[ainbrigge] Fletcher [ CNMS]. Other material . India: Tamil Nadu, 10 km N Pondicherry, Auroville, Discipline , 7.iii.2010 (F. Burger), 1♀ [ IBSS] . Sri Lanka : Colombo, i.1909, 1 ♀ [ CNMS]; Colombo , 24.vii.1914, 1♀ [ CNMS] . Jaffna District : 16 km S of Pooneryn, 7.xi.1976 (G. Hevel et al.), 1♀ ; 16 km S of Pooneryn , 24– 26.i.1977 (K. Krombein et al.), 1♀ . Mannar District: Ma Villu , 17–21.ii.1979 (K. Krombein et al.), 2♀ ; Ma Villu , a tank, 16–19.ix.1980 (P. Karunaratne et al.), 1♀ ; same place, 11–12.iv.1981 (K. Krombein et al.), 2♀; Marichchukkaddi , 26.i.1978 (P. Karunaratne et al.), 1♀ . Puttalam District: Panikka Villu in Wilpattu National Park , 22–23.i.1977 (K. Krombein et al.), 2♀ ; same place, 1.xi.1977 (K. Krombein et al.), 16♀. Monaragala District : 15 km E Uda Walawe, 31.vii–3.viii.1993 (K. Krombein et. al.), 1♀ . Amparai District: Dehiattekandiya , 23–24.vii.1993 (K. Krombein et. al.), 1♀ . Batticaloa district: Punani, Maduru Oya , 9–14.vi.1969 (P. Karunaratne), 1♀ . Colombo District: Ratmalana , 6.vii.1976 (K. Krombein et al.), 1♀ . Monaragala District: Angunakolapelessa , 21–23.i.1979 (K. Krombein et al.), 1♀ ; same place. 27–28.iii.1981 (K. Krombein et al.), 2♀. Hambantota District: Palatupana , 3–6.ii.1975 (K. Krombein et al.), 2♀ ; same place, 21–22.vi.1978 (K. Krombein et al.), 1♀; same place, 24–26.viii.1980 (K. Krombein et al.), 3♀; same place, 29.iii–2.iv.1981 (K. Krombein et al.), 2♀ [USNM]. Mannar District: Ma Villu , Cashew Corp., 17–21.ii.1979 / K. Krombein et al. / Pristomutilla spinulosa (André) , B. Petersen det., 1986, 1♀ [ IBSS].

Distribution. Sri Lanka (dry and intermediate zones), India (new record) (Tamil Nadu).