Eosmicromyrmilla Lelej & Krombein, 2001

Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B. & Kumar, Girish P., 2021, New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India, Zootaxa 5052 (4), pp. 567-578 : 576

Key to the species of Eosmicromyrmilla Lelej & Krombein, 2001

1. Males, fully winged (unknown in E. chinensis and E. pulawskii )............................................... 2

- Females, wingless (unknown in E. balakrishnani , E. margalla and E. subbuka ).................................... 5

2. Mesoscutum with well developed admedian line. Lateral and posterior propodeal faces separated by wavy carina with one long (basal) and two short teeth. Body black with mesosoma red. Sri Lanka........... E. srilankiensis Lelej & Krombein, 2001

- Mesoscutum at most with weak admedian line. Lateral and posterior propodeal faces separated by wavy tuberculate carina. Body totally black.................................................................................... 3

3. S6 posteriorly with strong angulate concavity, anterior part of this concavity more or less transverse and parallel to posterior border of S7 or S5. India: Kerala ..................................................... E. balakrishnani sp. nov.

- S6 posteriorly with strong non-angulate concavity, anterior part of this concavity curved and not parallel to posterior border of S7 or S5............................................................................................ 4

4. Metapleuron transversely striate dorsally and ventrally, smooth medially. Lateral propodeal face totally reticulate. Pakistan: Islamabad...................................................... E. margalla ( Lelej & Ullah, 2007) , comb. nov.

- Metapleuron transversely striate dorsally, smooth ventrally and medially. Lateral propodeal face reticulate with smooth part adjacent to metapleuron. India: Goa, Karnataka ............................................. E. subbuka sp. nov.

5. Head ferruginous-red.................................................................................. 6

- Head black.—Clypeus without medial basal tubercle. Mesosoma length 1.4 × maximal pronotal width. T1 with large medial spot of yellowish setae, T2 apical band of yellowish setae expanded medially and laterally. China: Yunnan .............................................................................. E. chinensis Lelej in Lelej & Krombein, 2001

6. Mesosoma length 1.5 × maximal pronotal width. T1 dorsally with medial spot of silver setae and laterally with short erect silver setae. T2 with three spots of silver setae apically. India: Maharashtra ......................... E. pulawskii Lelej, 2005

- Mesosoma length 1.2 × maximal pronotal width. T1 dorsally with lateral patch of short silver setae, medial patch lacking or, rarely, with a few short silver setae. T2 apically with medial triangle and small lateral transverse spots of whitish setae. Sri Lanka.............................................................. E. srilankiensis Lelej & Krombein, 2001