Antennotilla Bischoff, 1920

Lelej, Arkady S. & Williams, Kevin A., 2023, Review of the tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff, 1920 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Zootaxa 5231 (2), pp. 101-140 : 109

2. Antennotilla Bischoff, 1920

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Antennotilla Bischoff, 1920: 24 (key), 1921: 710 (description), ♁; Lelej & Brothers 2008: 7; Brothers & Lelej 2017: 95, ♁; Pagliano et al. 2020: 169.

Type spec ies Mutilla phoebe Péringuey, 1899 , ♁, by subsequent designation of Bischoff 1921: 710.

Diagnosis. MALE. Head normal shape, rounded dorsoposteriorly. Mandible not widened to apex, with weak subbsal tooth beneath, preapical inner tooth distinctly smaller than apical one, inner subbasal tooth much larger than apical one. F1 significantly shorter than F2. Flagellomeres overlapped, F1–5 with row of tyloids. T2 without medial subbasal spot of white setae. S2 with short lateral felt lines. T7 with cuticular yellowish spot. Penial valves short, their apex curved and oriented outside. FEMALE. Unknown.

Diversity and distribution. Only known by the type species (male only), which is recognized from South Africa .

Remarks. Based on a recent molecular phylogenetic analysis (Waldren et al. in press), this genus belongs in a new tribe.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. 1. Andreimyrme long Lelej, 1995, ♁, holotype, lateral habitus; 2–3. A. rong Williams in Okayasu et al., 2021, ♀, holotype, habitus (2. Dorsal view, 3. Lateral view); 4a, 4b. Antennotilla phoebe (Péringuey, 1899), ♁: (4a. Lateral view, 4b. Dorsal view); 5–6. Corytilla pallidipes Arnold, 1956, ♁ (5. Head, lateral view, 6. Lateral habitus). (Photographs by V. Loktionov (1), D. Brothers (4b), and K. Williams (2, 3, 4a, 5, 6)).