Nanomutilla André, 1900 (as subgenus of Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758). Spec. Hymen. d'Eur. et d'Alg. 8: 130 (in key); 1901a: 223 (description); date?: pl. 10, fig. 8. Female, male.

Gender. Feminine.

Type species. Mutilla (Nanomutilla) vaucheri Tournier, 1895 (female), by subsequent designation of Ashmead, 1903: 331 (or monotypy if pl. 10 was published in 1900).

Taxonomic history. Raised to generic status by André, 1902c: 23. Senior subjective synonym of Ticopla Nagy, 1970. Valid generic name.

Sex association. The male of the type species has not been recognized; the males of other species were associated and identified (as species of Ticopla Nagy, 1970a: 85) by Brothers, 1975: 590, 622 (the supposed male of Nanomutilla microsoma André, 1901b: 326 was incorrectly associated (identified as a Smicromyrmilla Suárez, 1965 by Nonveiller, 1973c: 70)).

Distribution. Palaearctic, Afrotropical.