Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758

Lelej, Arkady S. & Brothers, Denis J., 2008, The genus-group names of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) and their type species, with a new genus, new name, new synonymies, new combinations and lectotypifications, Zootaxa 1889 (1), pp. 1-79 : 59

Stenomutilla André, 1896 (as subgenus of Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758 ). Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. 9: 265. Female, male.

Gender. Feminine.

Type species. Mutilla argentata Villers, 1789 (female; neotype male designated by Petersen, 1988: 175), by original designation.

Taxonomic history. Raised to generic status by Ashmead, 1899: 56. Reduced to subgeneric status (in Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758 ) by André, 1903: 420. Reinstated to generic status by André, 1902c: 67 (MS completed after that for André, 1903). Senior subjective synonym of Xenomutilla Ashmead, 1903 . Valid generic name.

Sex association. The male of the type species (misidentified as Mutilla hottentotta Fabricius, 1804 ) was associated and identified (as Mutilla rondanii Spinola, 1843: 133 ) by Sichel & Radoszkowski, 1870: 191; both sexes were redescribed by Petersen, 1988: 174.

Distribution. Afrotropical, Palaearctic.