Pherotilla striganovae ( Lelej, 2012 )

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 : 11

2a. Pherotilla striganovae ( Lelej, 2012)

( Figs 1 , 29–32 )

Rhopalomutilla striganovae Lelej, 2012: 178 .

Pherotilla striganovae Okayasu et al., 2018: 310 .

Diagnosis. FEMALE. This species can be separated from other Pherotilla by having the compound eye placed in a deep anterolateral furrow on the head. Other useful features were discussed by Lelej (2012). Body length 3.6–5.6 mm. MALE. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype, ♀ South Vietnam, Cat Tien [National Park, Nam Cat Tien part, Dong Nai Province, 11°26'N, 107°26'E], 01–02.2004 [January–February, beginning of dry season], leg. A.E. Anichkin [ZISP]. Other Material (3 ♀). THAILAND: Kamphaeng Phet, Mae Wong National Park , stream, 16 o 2.43'N 99 o 13.99'E, 313 m, Malaise , 3–10.IX.2007, Srilopien W., T3704 [1 ♀ QSBG]; Phetchaburi, Kaeng Krachan, Baan Maka Nature Lodge, 12.840 o N 99.590 o E, 140 m, Malaise trap, 16–23.V.2018, MKT (2♀ CSCA).

Distribution. Thailand (Kamphaeng Phet, Phetchaburi *) and Vietnam (Dong Nai).

Remarks. Two females were collected in Malaise traps in Phetchaburi Province. One of these females was still attached to a male in copula. The males of this and other mutillid species will be treated in an upcoming paper on new sex associations in Thai Mutillidae .

Figures

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

FIGURES 29–35. Rhopalomutillinae and Dasylabrinae females 29–32. Pherotilla striganovae; 33–35. Orientilla vietnamica. 29, 33. Habitus, dorsal view; 30, 34. Habitus, lateral view; 31, 35. Face view; 32. T6.