Zeugomutilla saepes ( Chen, 1957 )

Williams, Kevin A., Lelej, Arkady S., Okayasu, Juriya, Borkent, Christopher J., Malee, Rufeah, Thoawan, Kodeeyah & Thaochan, Narit, 2019, The female velvet ants (aka modkhong) of southern Thailand (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with a key to the genera of southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4602 (1), pp. 1-69 : 16

6a. Zeugomutilla saepes ( Chen, 1957)

( Figs 5 , 52–55 )

Pristomutilla saepes Chen, 1957: 158 ♀.

Zeugomutilla saepes: Lelej 1992: 285 ; 2005: 38; Lelej et al. 2017: 12 .

Diagnosis. FEMALE. The following characters are useful for diagnosis: the head is black, the scape and legs are mostly orange-brown, the pale T2 spots are separated by roughly their own diameter, and the pygidium is mostly smooth with a few punctures. Body length 7–10 mm. MALE. Unknown.

Material examined (10 ♀). THAILAND: Phetchaburi, Kaeng Krachan, Baan Maka Nature Lodge , 12.840 o N 99.590 o E, 140 m: 22–23.V.2018, MKT (2♀ CSCA) ; Surat Thani, Khlong Sok: Khao Sok Jungle Huts , 8.909 o N 99.526 o E, 70 m: 14.V.2018, MKT (1♀ CSCA) ; 25–26.V.2018, MKT (1♀ CSCA) ; Our Jungle House resort, 8.908 o N 99.534 o E, 75 m, 25–27.V.2018, MKT (6♀ CSCA EMUS) .

Distribution. Cambodia, China (Fujian, Guangdong), and Thailand (Chaiyaphum, Phetchaburi, Surat Thani).

Remarks. The specimens we collected in Surat Thani represent the new southernmost distribution for this species that was, until recently, known only from Southeast China.

Figures

FIGURES 1–28. Mutillidae, dorsal habitus of females. Scale bars represent actual specimen length.

FIGURES 48–55. Mutillinae: Ctenotillini females. 48–51. Ctenotilla guangdongensis; 52–55. Zeugomutilla saepes. 48, 52. Habitus, dorsal view; 49, 53. Habitus, lateral view; 50, 54. Face view; 51, 55. T6.