Kurzenkotilla niveosignata (André, 1894)

Lelej, Arkady S., Williams, Kevin A., Terine, Joshua B., Okayasu, Juriya, Parikh, Grishma R. & Kumar, Girish P., 2023, Review of the tribe Mutillini (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from the Oriental Region, Zootaxa 5228 (4), pp. 455-476 : 466

Kurzenkotilla niveosignata (André, 1894)

( Figs 36–37 )

Mutilla niveosignata André, 1894: 465 , 480, ♀, syntypes: Poona (Wroughton leg.) and Orissa (J. Taylor leg.) [ India: Maharashtra, Odisha], [ MNHN]; Dalla Torre 1897: 66, ♀ ; Bingham 1897: 4, 13, ♀; André 1902: 40, ♀.

Kurzenkotilla niveosignata: Lelej 2005: 35 , ♀; Nithya & Dey 2013: 289, ♀; Terine et al. 2020a: 3; Terine et al. 2020b: 446; Pagliano et al. 2020: 225.

Material examined. PAKISTAN: Baluchistan, near Deragazichan village, Indus River valley , 26.III.2003, S. Ovchinnikov leg. , 1 ♀ [ IBSS] ; Punjab, Lahore , 7.VII.1946, 1♀ [ UMMZ] . INDIA: Rajasthan, Bharatpur , 22.X.1995, R. Carradori leg. , 1♀ [ MSNF]

Distribution. * Pakistan, India (Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan *).

Remarks. The male of this species might eventually be recognized to be K. semiviolacea , comb. nov., based on their co-occurrence in both India and Pakistan.

Figures

FIGURES 36–43. Kurzenkotilla and Standfussidia, ♀♀. 36–37. K. niveosignata. 38–39. K. visrara. 40–41. K. scrobiculata. 42–43. S. taprobane. 36, 38, 40, 42. Habitus, dorsal view. 37, 39, 41, 43. Habitus, lateral view. (Photographs by K. Williams).