Promecidia birmanica (de Dalla Torre, 1897)

Lelej, Arkady S., Zhou, Hu-ting, Loktionov, Valery M. & Xu, Zai-fu, 2016, Review of the genus Promecidia Lelej, 1996, with description of two new species from China (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Trogaspidiini), ZooKeys 641, pp. 103-120 : 109-110

Promecidia birmanica (de Dalla Torre, 1897)

Mutilla birmanica de Dalla Torre, 1897: 16. New name for Mutilla schlettereri Magretti, 1892.

Mutilla schlettereri Magretti, 1892: 230, tab. 5, fig. 19, ♂, nom. praeocc., nec Morawitz, 1890, holotype, ♂, "Monti dei Carin–Chebá, Giugno 1888" [mountain area (1000-1200 m) in the Karen Hills of southeastern Myanmar, in the Tenasserim Mountain Range] (MSNG).

Promecidia birmanica : Lelej 2005: 80, ♂.

Promecidia ninnii : Lelej 2005: 81, part., ♂ (Laos, India: Assam).

Material examined.

LAOS: 1 ♂ (MRSN). INDIA: 1 ♂ (CAS), Assam, Kohara, Kaziranga, 110 m, 7.X.1961, E.S. Ross, D.Q. Cavangaro. MYANMAR: 1 ♂ (IBSS), Palaing [16°32'28"N 97°57'34"E], V.1937, R. Perego. VIETNAM: 2 ♂ (IBSS), 70 km NE Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh), Ma de, VIII. 1994, Belyaeva.

Diagnosis.

Male. Body length 10.4-12.0 mm (holotype 12.0 mm). Mandible slightly widened beneath at base, without small subbasal denticle. Penial valves shortened, slightly longer than digitus, apically capitate. Mesosoma black. Metasoma black with segments 1-3 yellowish-orange. Female unknown.

Distribution.

Myanmar, India, Laos, Vietnam.

Comments.

Possibly, this species is the male of Promecidia ninnii (Magretti, 1892). Both are distributed in Myanmar and Vietnam.