Mutilla arenaria Fabricius, 1787

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 : 18-19

Dasylabris Radoszkowski, 1885. Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 19(1–2): 28. Female, male.

Gender. Feminine.

Type species. Mutilla arenaria Fabricius, 1787 (female), by subsequent designation of Ashmead, 1904: 7 (junior subjective synonym of Mutilla atrata Linnaeus, 1767 (male), according to Petersen, 1988: 141).

Taxonomic history. Reduced to subgeneric status (in Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758 ) by Dalla Torre, 1897: 5. Reinstated to generic status by Ashmead, 1899: 54. Reduced to subgeneric status (in Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758 ) by André, 1902 b: 381. Reinstated to generic status by André, 1902c: 65. Senior subjective synonym of Allomutilla Ashmead, 1899 . Valid generic name.

Sex association. The male of the type species was associated and described by Dufour, 1852: xlv; the male of its senior synonym was described by Linnaeus, 1767: 966.

Distribution. Afrotropical, Palaearctic, Oriental.