Sinotilla cyaneiventris ( André, 1896 )

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 : 26

14b. Sinotilla cyaneiventris ( André, 1896)

( Figs 13 , 62–64 )

Mutilla cyaneiventris André, 1896: 18 , ♂

Smicromyrme cyaneiventris: Mickel 1933b: 320 , ♂; Yasumatsu 1948: 73, ♂; Hammer 1949: 11, ♂; Chen 1957: 203, ♂, ♀. Sinotilla cyaneiventris: Lelej, 1995b: 20 , ♀; 2002: 63, ♂, ♀; 2005: 54, ♂, ♀; Okayasu 2017: 164, ♀

Diagnosis. FEMALE. This species has the length of F1 subequal to F2; T1 orange-brown without a whitish band; T2 without a basal spot of whitish setae, and the metasoma bright metallic purple. Body length 4 mm. MALE. See Chen (1957).

Material examined (2 ♀). THAILAND, Kanchanaburi, Thong Pha Phum, Vimarndin farm stay, 14.655 o N 98.521 o E, 200 m, 17–20.V.2018, MKT (1♀ CSCA) ; Phetchabun, Khao Kho National Park, Thanthip waterfall, 16 o 39.087'N 101 o 0 7.777'E, 210 m, 5–12.IX.2006, Malaise trap, S. Chachumnan and S. Singtong, T589 (1♀ QSBG) .

Distribution. China (Hebei, Shanxi, Neimenggu, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Yunnan) and Thailand * (Kanchanaburi, Phetchabun).

Remarks. This species is widespread in China; the lone specimen we collected in Kanchanaburi represents the new southernmost distribution record.

Figures

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

FIGURES 56–67. Mutillinae: Smicromyrmini females I. 56–58. Nordeniella maleeae, sp. nov.; 59–61. Sinotilla belokobylskiji; 62–64. S. cyaneiventris; 65–67. Promecilla decora. 56, 59, 62, 65. Habitus, dorsal view; 57, 60, 63, 66. Habitus, lateral view; 58, 61, 64, 67. Face view.