Zeugomutilla recondita ( Cameron, 1900 )

Lelej, Arkady S., Williams, Kevin A., Loktionov, Valery M., Pang, Hong & Xu, Zai-Fu, 2017, Review of the genus Zeugomutilla Chen, 1957 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Mutillini), with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4247 (1), pp. 1-15 : 12

Zeugomutilla recondita ( Cameron, 1900)

(Figs 28, 32, 35)

Mutilla recondita Cameron, 1900: 44 , ♀, type locality: " Ceylon, Yerbury coll." ( Sri Lanka , Trincomalee ) [ BMNH]; Turner 1911: 145, ♀ ; Nonveiller 1995: 33, 115, ♀ ( Sri Lanka ).

Zeugomutilla recondita: Lelej, 2005: 38 , ♀ ( Sri Lanka ).

Diagnosis. Female. Body length 4.4–5.4 mm. Surface of pygidial plate in basal half with indefinite sculpture, apical half smooth and shining. Spots of golden setae on metasomal tergum 2 small, distance between them 1.3–1.5 × their diameter, if spots larger (Fig. 28) than distance between them 0.9 × their diameter; metasomal tergum 2 posteriorly with fringe of yellowish setae. Metasomal terga 3–4 with wide band of golden or yellowish setae, tergum 5 with black setae. Dorsoposterior propodeal border with median longer blunt tooth and four shorter ones from either side of this. Head and legs ferruginous to brown. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Other material. Sri Lanka : Anuradhapura District: Padaviya, 20–23.vii.1978 (K. Krombein et al.), 1♀ . Puttalam District , Panikka Villu in Wilpattu National Park, 22–23.i.1977 (K. Krombein et al.), 1♀ . Trincomalee District : Trincomalee, 8–11.x.1977 (K. Krombein et al.), 1♀ . Kandy District : Arupola, 27– 29.x.1972 (P. Karunaratne), 1♀ ; Udawattakele Sanctuary , 2100', 9–13.ii.1975 (K. Krombein et al.), 1♀ ; same place, 8–11.v.1975 (S. & P. Karunaratne), 1♀; same place, 5–15.vii.1976 (S. Karunaratne), 2♀; same place, 14– 16.x.1977 (K. Krombein et al.), 2♀; same place, 25–27.iv.1981 (K. Krombein et al.), 2♀. Kegalla District : Kitulgala, 25–26.x.1977, (K. Krombein et al.), 1♀ ; Kitulgala Makande , 3–4.ii.1979 (K. Krombein et al.), 1♀ . Monaragala District , Angunakolapelessa, 21–23.i.1979 (K. Krombein et al.), 2♀ ; same place, 27–28.iii1981, (K. Krombein et al.), 5♀ [USNM].

Distribution. Sri Lanka (dry zone).

Remarks. The specimen from Kandy District: Udawattakele Sanctuary, 5–15.vii 1976, S. Karunaratne has additional label: " Pristomutilla recondita Cam. " (handwritten by B. Petersen). The head and legs vary in color from ferruginous to brown, but never have a discrete reddish spot contrasting with a dark brown head, as in Z. spinulosa .