Nemka conjungenda ( Magretti, 1892 )

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 : 22

10a. Nemka conjungenda ( Magretti, 1892)

( Figs 9 , 95–97 )

Mutilla conjungenda Magretti 1892: 214 , ♀

Nemka conjungenda: Lelej 2005: 45 , ♀.

Nemka tenasserimica: Lelej 1995a: 19 , ♀.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. This species has: the dorsum of the head with mostly black setae ( Fig. 77 ); the antennae and legs variably brown, not purely black; the scutellar scale as wide as long; the mesosomal side with a patch of dense silvery to golden setae ventrally; an apical white setal band on T2 that is medially expanded and anteriorly truncate or emarginate ( Fig. 77 ); T6 with silvery setae basally ( Fig. 79 ); and the pygidium with parallel striae, some of which reach the apical margin ( Fig. 79 ). Body length 6.8 mm. MALE. Unknown.

Material examined (7 ♀). THAILAND: Chiang Mai, Omkoi District, Dry dipterocarp forest, 17°50′49.9″N 98°22′33.0″, 950–1010 m alt.: 19.VI.2017, R. Mizuno (1♀ EUM) ; 20.VI.2017, R. Mizuno (1♀ EUM) ; 23.VI.2017, R. Mizuno (2♀ EUM) ; Sisaket, 60 km W Ubon Ratchathani, 100 m, 13.XII.1988, Trautner & Geigenmüller (2♀ IBSS); Trang, Nam Tok Ton Prew Khao Chong, 135 m, 7 o 32'32"N 99 o 47'34"E, 6.II.2005, D. Yanega (1♀ UCRC).

Distribution. Myanmar, Thailand * (Chiang Mai, Sisaket, Trang).

Remarks. In Lelej’s (1995a) review, this keys out to N. tenasserimica ( Magretti, 1892) . In 2005, however, Lelej determined that Mutilla tenasserimica was a different species that rather belonged to Smicromyrme . The specimen we examined accords with Magretti’s (1892) description of Mutilla conjungenda , which was transferred to Nemka by Lelej (2005).

Figures

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

FIGURES 95–106. Mutillinae: Smicromyrmini females V. 95–97. Nemka conjungenda; 98–100. Smicromyrme borkenti, sp. nov.; 101–103. S. lochius; 104–106. S. helarctos, sp. nov. 95, 98, 101, 104. Habitus, dorsal view; 96, 99, 102, 105. Habitus, lateral view; 97, 100, 103, 106. T6.

FIGURES 77–85. Mutillinae: Smicromyrmini females III. 77–81. Mickelomyrme athalia; 82–83. M. kuznetsovi. 84–85. Mickelomyrme pusillaeformis, comb. nov.; 77, 78, 82, 84. Habitus, dorsal view; 79, 83, 85. Habitus, lateral view; 80. Face view; 81. T6.