Sinotilla belokobylskiji Lelej, 1995

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 : 26

14a. Sinotilla belokobylskiji Lelej, 1995

( Figs 59–61 )

Sinotilla belokobylskiji Lelej, 1995b: 22 , ♀; 2005: 54, ♀.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. This species has a distinct scutellar scale, T2 medially depressed with large coarse confluent punctures, T2 with a large spot of dense whitish setae medially, S2–3 with bands of whitish setae, and the metasoma black. Body length 4.5–11 mm. MALE. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype, ♀, VIETNAM, Vinh Phu, Tam Dao, 1000 m, forest, 10.XI.1990, S. Belokobylskij (ZISP). Other Material (7 ♀). THAILAND: Chiang Mai, Omkoi District , Dry dipterocarp forest, 17°50'49.9"N 98°22'33.0", 950–1010 m alt., 12.IX.2016, R. Mizuno (1♀ EUM); 14.XII.2016, R. Mizuno (2♀ EUM); Phetchaburi, Kaeng Krachan, Baan Maka Nature Lodge, 12.840 o N 99.590 o E, 140 m: 16.V.2018, MKT (1♀ CSCA); 22–23.V.2018, MKT (2♀ CSCA); Songkhla, Hat Yai, Prince of Songkhla University, forest edge, 7.008 o N 100.508 o E, 40 m, 11–12.IV.2017, MKT (1♀ CSCA).

Distribution. Thailand * (Chiang Mai, Phetchaburi, Songkhla) and Vietnam.

Remarks. The type of S. belokobylskiji from Vietnam is diagnosed as having a rather broad scutellar scale (Lelej 1995; Okayasu 2017), unlike the specimens treated here. In other species, however, like Mickelomyrme athalia , scutellar scale width seems to vary intraspecifically. We hypothesize that the specimens listed above belong to S. belokobylskiji , but future analyses may recognize them as a distinct species.

Figures

FIGURES 56–67. Mutillinae: Smicromyrmini females I. 56–58. Nordeniella maleeae, sp. nov.; 59–61. Sinotilla belokobylskiji; 62–64. S. cyaneiventris; 65–67. Promecilla decora. 56, 59, 62, 65. Habitus, dorsal view; 57, 60, 63, 66. Habitus, lateral view; 58, 61, 64, 67. Face view.