Lehritilla locascioi ( Lelej, 2005 ) Lelej, 2023

Lelej, A. S., 2023, Review of the tribe Ctenotillini (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from Oriental and Palaearctic regions, Far Eastern Entomologist 480, pp. 1-22 : 16

Lehritilla locascioi ( Lelej, 2005) , comb. n.

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Pristomutilla locascioi Lelej, 2005: 174 , fig. 86, ♀, South India, Karnataka, 15 km N Bangalore, KT, 23–24.VII 1996 (K. Werner, L. Lorenz) [ MSNF], examined; Pagliano et al., 2020: 165.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Paratypes of P. locascioi Lelej : India, 1♀ with the same label as holotype; same place, 25.VII 1996, 2♀ (K. Werner, L. Lorenz); Tamil Nadu: 10 km NE Dindigul, 21.X 1997, 1♀ (A. Sforzi, L. Bartalozzi); Pudukkottai, 20.X 1997, 1♀ (A. Sforzi, L. Bartalozzi); 29 km N Pudukkottai, 20.X 1997, 1♀ (A. Sforzi, L. Bartalozzi); boscaglia c/o confine N della Peryar National Reserve, 23.X 1997, 1♀ (A. Sforzi, L. Bartalozzi) [ MSNF; IBSS]; Karnataka, Bangalore , Allalsandra , 900 m altitude, 26–29.X 1977, 1♀ (Zool. Mus. Copenhagen Exp.) / Pristomutilla ianthis (Turner) , B. Petersen det., 1980 [ IBSS] .

DISTRIBUTION. South India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu .

REMARKS. The female of L. locascioi is most similar to female of L. ianthis but has the another shape of head with unprojecting eyes (projecting in L. ianthis ), mesosoma dorsally rugoso-striate in anterior half and strongly tuberculate in posterior half (rugoso-striate throughout in L. ianthis ).