Trogaspidiini Bischoff, 1920

Okayasu, Juriya, 2020, Velvet ants of the tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Japan, Zootaxa 4723 (1), pp. 1-110 : 93

Tribe Trogaspidiini Bischoff, 1920

( Figs 48–49 )

Trogaspidiini Bischoff, 1920: 23 .

Timullini Schuster, 1947: 700; Krombein 1972: 1. Synonymized by Brothers (1975).

Trogaspidinae: Invrea 1964: 140.

Petersenidiina Lelej, 1996: 6. Synonymized by Brothers & Lelej (2017).

Petersenidiini : Lelej & Nemkov 1997: 18.

Diagnosis. MALE. Eye without setae; inner margin deeply notched. F1 as long as or longer than F2. Scutellum without postero-lateral denticle. Wing venations not reaching its apex; distance between origin of RS on vein Sc and base of stigmatic cell nearly equal to stigmatic cell length; hind wing without anal lobe. Claws without inner denticles. Metasomal segment 1 narrow; segment 2 with lateral felt line on T and sometimes on S; S8 not reduced, plate-like; genitalia with symmetrical or asymmetrical penis valves. FEMALE. Head not enlarged; eye oval, slightly protruding from head capsule, without setae. Maxillary palpus six segmented; labial palpus four segmented. Mesosoma widest at pronotum or propodeum; mesopleuron concave; mesopleural suture ending at pronotal spiracle; dorsum of propodeum without row of denticles. Claws without inner denticles. T1 much narrower than T2, not petiolate; T2 usually with a pair of basal spots of pale setae, rarely without any spots.

Genera included. (39 genera and six subgenera). See Brothers & Lelej (2017). The genera Eotrogaspidia Lelej, 1996 , Neotrogaspidia Lelej, 1996 and Petersenidia Lelej, 1992 are known from Japan.

Distribution. Afrotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental region (Lelej 2007).

Figures

FIGURE 48. Neotrogaspidia pustulata, ♂♀. A–B. Holotype, Smicromyrme yakushimensis Yasumatsu, ♀; C–D. ♀, Nagano; E–F. ♂, Amami-ôshima Island; A, C. habitus, dorsal view; B, D, E. habitus, lateral view; F. male genitalia, inner view.

FIGURE 49. Neotrogaspidia pustulata, ♀. A–B, E, H. Holotype, Smicromyrme yakushimensis Yasumatsu, ♀; C–D, F. ♀, Na- gano; G. ♀, Kôchi; A, C. mesosoma, dorsal view; B, D. metasoma, dorsal view; E–G. pygidial area; H. procoxa.