Pycnotilla Bischoff, 1920 . Arch. Naturgesch. 86A(1–2): 25, 27 (in key); 182 (description). Female, male.

Gender. Feminine.

Type species. Mutilla barbara Linnaeus, 1758 (female), by original designation.

Taxonomic history. Reduced to subgeneric status (in Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758) by Bradley & Bequaert, 1923: 218. Junior subjective synonym of Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758 according to Bradley & Bequaert, 1928: 77. Junior subjective synonym of Ronisia Costa, 1858 according to Mickel, 1928: 36. Subjectively invalid name.

Sex association. The male of the type species was described by André, 1902 b: 339.

Distribution. Palaearctic.