Ronisia brutia duplex ( Radoszkowski, 1885 )

Lelej, Arkady S., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Maharramov, Mahir M., 2022, A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Azerbaijan, Zootaxa 5155 (1), pp. 61-86 : 78-79

Ronisia brutia duplex ( Radoszkowski, 1885)

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Ronisia brutia: Lelej 1985: 166 , ♀, ♂ (Transcaucasus); Aliev & Lelej 1999: 45, ♀, ♂ ( Azerbaijan).

Ronisia brutia duplex: Lelej 2002: 46 ( Azerbaijan) .

Mutilla duplex Radoszkowski, 1885: 12 , fig. 5, ♂, lectotype (designated by Petersen 1988: 149), “ Persia / PERS[ia], MLOK[osiewitz], [North Iran] / duplex / Humeralis / Type / Coll. Radosz. / Zool. Mus. Berlin / Lectotype Mutilla duplex Radoszkowski, 1885 , B. Petersen des. 1988 / Mutilla brutia Petagna ssp. duplex Rad., B. Petersen det. 1988” [MNHU], examined.

Mutilla brutia duplex: Petersen 1988: 207 , ♀, ♂.

Ronisia brutia: Aliev & Lelej 1999: 45 , ♀, ♂ ( Azerbaijan).

Ronisia brutia duplex: Pagliano et al. 2020: 233 .

Material examined. Azerbaijan: Talysh , 15.VII.1970, A. Osychnyuk, 1♀ 1♂ [ IBSS]; Agdash, Turianchay , 3, 4.X.1994, HA, 2♀ ; Galaalti , 12.IX.2012, I. Kerimova, 1♀ ; Talysh , 28 km SW Massaly, 11. VI.1985, M. Volkovich, 1♀ ; Julfa, Milakh , 38º15’N, 45º43’E, 1430 m, 27.VII.2018, MP, HA, MM, 2♂ ; Ordubad, Aghdara , 39º06’N, 45º54’E, 2000 m, 28.VII.2018, MP, HA, MM, 1♂ . Armenia, Khosrov reserve, Vedi , 23, 24. VI.1980, V. Ermolenko, P. Puchkov, 2♀ ; same place, 15. VI.1982, V. Ermolenko, 1♀ .

Distribution. Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran.

Note. Ronisia brutia duplex differs from the nominotipical subspecies by having in the males of R. b. duplex only the mesoscutum, axillae, mesoscutellum, metanotum and tegulae are dark red; in females, the red integumental spot of the vertex is reduced to a transverse bar between the upper part of the eyes ( Petersen 1988).

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FIGURES 2–10. Labels of the type specimens. 2. Agama caucasica Radoszkowski, 1885, ♂, lectotype [MNHU]; 3. Mutilla armeniaca Kolenati, 1846, ♀, lectotype [NHMW]; 4. M. elongata Radoszkowski, 1885, ♂, lectotype [MNHU]; 5. Ephutomma radoszkovskii Skorikov, 1935, ♂, lectotype [MNHU]; 6. M. arameana var. atrithorax André, 1902, ♂, holotype [NHMW]; 7. M. araratica Radoszkowski, 1890, ♀, lectotype [MNHU]; 8. M. binotata Radoszkowski, 1879, ♀, lectotype [MNHU]; 9. M. villosa Klug, 1829, ♀, lectotype [MNHU]; 10. M. duplex Radoszkowski, 1885, ♂, lectotype [MNHU]. Photos by A. Lelej.