Stenomutilla André, 1896 (as subgenus of Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758). Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. 9: 265. Female, male.

Gender. Feminine.

Type species. Mutilla argentata Villers, 1789 (female; neotype male designated by Petersen, 1988: 175), by original designation.

Taxonomic history. Raised to generic status by Ashmead, 1899: 56. Reduced to subgeneric status (in Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758) by André, 1903: 420. Reinstated to generic status by André, 1902c: 67 (MS completed after that for André, 1903). Senior subjective synonym of Xenomutilla Ashmead, 1903 . Valid generic name.

Sex association. The male of the type species (misidentified as Mutilla hottentotta Fabricius, 1804) was associated and identified (as Mutilla rondanii Spinola, 1843: 133) by Sichel & Radoszkowski, 1870: 191; both sexes were redescribed by Petersen, 1988: 174.

Distribution. Afrotropical, Palaearctic.