Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899

Williams, Kevin A., Lelej, Arkady S., Okayasu, Juriya, Borkent, Christopher J., Malee, Rufeah, Thoawan, Kodeeyah & Thaochan, Narit, 2019, The female velvet ants (aka modkhong) of southern Thailand (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with a key to the genera of southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4602 (1), pp. 1-69 : 30

Genus 18. Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899

Diagnosis. FEMALE. In the Oriental region, females of Odontomutilla can be recognized by having the mesonotum laterally expanded, having T1 broadly disciform, having short and simple body setae, and having the T2 felt line forming an ovate densely-setose pit. MALE. Oriental males of Odontomutilla can be recognized by having the mesoscutellum bidentate posteriorly, the propodeum postero-lateral angle angulate or dentate, and T1 broadly disciform. Both sexes of Odontomutilla are larger-bodied (8–18 mm) than the structurally similar Yamanetilla (6–9 mm).

Diversity and Distribution. Over 100 species are recognized in this genus, occurring in the Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australasian regions ( Bischoff 1920, Krombein 1971, Lelej 2005).

Remarks. Two species of Odontomutilla have been recorded from Thailand: O. cordigera ( Sichel & Radoszkowski, 1869) and O. uranioides Mickel, 1933 ( Fig. 18 ), but neither is known from southern Thailand ( Lelej 2005, Okayasu et al. 2018).

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FIGURES 1–28. Mutillidae, dorsal habitus of females. Scale bars represent actual specimen length.