Trogaspidiini Bischoff, 1920

Okayasu, Juriya, 2020, Velvet ants of the tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Japan, Zootaxa 4723 (1), pp. 1-110 : 93

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Trogaspidiini Bischoff, 1920
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Tribe Trogaspidiini Bischoff, 1920

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Trogaspidiini Bischoff, 1920: 23 .

Timullini Schuster, 1947: 700; Krombein 1972: 1. Synonymized by Brothers (1975).

Trogaspidinae: Invrea 1964: 140.

Petersenidiina Lelej, 1996: 6. Synonymized by Brothers & Lelej (2017).

Petersenidiini : Lelej & Nemkov 1997: 18.

Diagnosis. MALE. Eye without setae; inner margin deeply notched. F1 as long as or longer than F2. Scutellum without postero-lateral denticle. Wing venations not reaching its apex; distance between origin of RS on vein Sc and base of stigmatic cell nearly equal to stigmatic cell length; hind wing without anal lobe. Claws without inner denticles. Metasomal segment 1 narrow; segment 2 with lateral felt line on T and sometimes on S; S8 not reduced, plate-like; genitalia with symmetrical or asymmetrical penis valves. FEMALE. Head not enlarged; eye oval, slightly protruding from head capsule, without setae. Maxillary palpus six segmented; labial palpus four segmented. Mesosoma widest at pronotum or propodeum; mesopleuron concave; mesopleural suture ending at pronotal spiracle; dorsum of propodeum without row of denticles. Claws without inner denticles. T1 much narrower than T2, not petiolate; T2 usually with a pair of basal spots of pale setae, rarely without any spots.

Genera included. (39 genera and six subgenera). See Brothers & Lelej (2017). The genera Eotrogaspidia Lelej, 1996 , Neotrogaspidia Lelej, 1996 and Petersenidia Lelej, 1992 are known from Japan.

Distribution. Afrotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental region (Lelej 2007).

Bischoff, H. (1920 - 1921) Monographie der Mutilliden Afrikas. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 86 A (1 - 3) & 86 A (4 - 5), 1 - 480 (1920) & 481 - 830 (1921).

Brothers, D. J. (1975) Phylogeny and classification of the aculeate Hymenoptera, with special reference to Mutillidae. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 50 (11), 483 - 648.

Brothers, D. J. & Lelej, A. S. (2017) Phylogeny and higher classification of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) based on morphological reanalyses. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 60, 1 - 97. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / jhr. 60.20091

Invrea, F. (1964) Mutillidae-Myrmosidae. Fauna d'Italia, 5. Edizioni Calderini, Bologna, xii + 302 pp. + [1].

Krombein, K. V. (1972) Monograph of the Madagascan Mutillidae (Hymenoptera). Part 1: Myrmillini. Mutillini and Smicromyrmini. Annales, Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Serie in 8 °), Sciences Zoologiques, 199, i-x + 1 - 61.

Lelej, A. S. & Yamane, Sk. (1992) Interesting velvet ants (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) from Japan and Korea. Japanese Journal of Entomology, 60 (3), 625 - 632.

Lelej, A. S. & Nemkov, P. G. (1997) Phylogeny, evolution and classification of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera). Far Eastern Entomologist, 46, 1 - 24.

Schuster, R. M. (1947) A revision of the Sphaerophthalmine Mutillidae of America north of Mexico. Annales of the Entomological Society of America, 39 (4), 692 - 703.

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FIGURE 48. Neotrogaspidia pustulata, ♂♀. A–B. Holotype, Smicromyrme yakushimensis Yasumatsu, ♀; C–D. ♀, Nagano; E–F. ♂, Amami-ôshima Island; A, C. habitus, dorsal view; B, D, E. habitus, lateral view; F. male genitalia, inner view.

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FIGURE 49. Neotrogaspidia pustulata, ♀. A–B, E, H. Holotype, Smicromyrme yakushimensis Yasumatsu, ♀; C–D, F. ♀, Na- gano; G. ♀, Kôchi; A, C. mesosoma, dorsal view; B, D. metasoma, dorsal view; E–G. pygidial area; H. procoxa.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mutillidae