Odontomutilla perelegans ( Cameron, 1897 )

Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P., Das, Dipanwita & Sureshan, Pavittu M., 2020, Review of the genus Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Indian subcontinent, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4822 (2), pp. 191-208 : 198

8. Odontomutilla perelegans ( Cameron, 1897)

Mutilla pulcherina (!): Cameron, 1892: pl.1, fig. 6, ♀.

Mutilla perelegans Cameron, 1897: 59 , ♀, ♂, type locality: Ceylon [ Sri Lanka], syntypes in OUMNH; Bingham 1897: 8, 9, 41, ♀, ♂ (Western and Southern India, Tenasserim).

Odontomutilla perelegans: Hammer 1962: 2 , ♀ ( Pakistan: Punjab); Lelej 2005: 116, ♀, ♂.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. Head ferruginous. T1 medially without spot of pale setae. T 2 in basal half with one spot of pale setae; sides of T2 broadly fringed with pale golden setae dorsally. T3 with non interrupted band of pale setae. MALE (see Cameron 1897). Head ferruginous. T 2 in basal two thirds without band or spots of pale setae. Pronotum, mesonotum and mesoscutellum, except apex, with dense long black setae.

Material examined. Sri Lanka, 1 ♀, Eastern Province. Trincomalee District: Trincomalee, China Bay , 0–100 ft, 27–31.I.1977, K.V. Krombein, P. Fernando, D.W. Balasooriya, V. Gunawardane // Odontomutilla perelegans (Cam.) , B. Petersen det. [ NMNH] .

Distribution. Sri Lanka: Eastern Province ( Fig. 36 ).

Remark. The syntypes (female and male) of Mutilla perelegans were collected by Colonel John William Yerbury (1847–1927) in Trincomalee [ Sri Lanka]. In spite that this species was recorded as widely distributed in India and Myanmar (Tenasserim, currently Tanintharyi Region) we retain the records supported by the examined specimen.

Figures

FIGURE 36. Distribution map of the Indian subcontinent species of Odontomutilla Ashmead.