Karlidia Lelej in Lelej & Krombein, 1999

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 17. Karlidia Lelej in Lelej & Krombein, 1999

Diagnosis. FEMALE. Immediately recognizable by the small black head, moderate eyes, laterally swollen mesonotum, and dense elongate setae covering the body. See Lelej and Krombein (1999) for additional traits. MALE. Unknown.

Diversity and Distribution. One species from northern Thailand and Myanmar *.

Remarks. Karlidia peterseni Lelej in Lelej & Krombein, 1999 ( Fig. 16 ) was described from nearly 30 specimens collected in October 1979 in the Doi Suther-Pui National Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We have subsequently examined one additional female from the Doi Suther-Pui park collected in March 1958 (BPBM) and 16 ♀ from the Kayin State of Myanmar [Tenasserim, Sukli, 75 km E of Moulmein, 600 m, 27–31.X.1934, Malaise trap (FSCA, RMNH)].

Figures

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