Promecilla decora ( Smith, 1879 )

Barthélémy, Christophe, Lelej, Arkady S. & Loktionov, Valery M., 2018, A contribution to the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Hong Kong, Zootaxa 4514 (2), pp. 230-242 : 237

Promecilla decora ( Smith, 1879)

( Figs 1 , 26–28)

Mutilla decora Smith, 1879: 200 , ♀, type locality: "Pulo Penang " ( Malaysia: Pulau Pinang).

Smicromyrme decora: Pagden 1934a: 465 , ♂, ♀; Mickel 1935: 288, ♀.

Sinotilla decora: Lelej 1995b: 19 ; 2005: 55; Okayasu 2017: 166, ♀; Okayasu et al. 2018: 303, ♀.

Promecilla decora: Brothers & Lelej 2017: 59

Material examined. CHINA: Hong Kong : Pak Sha O, Malaise trap, 24–31.v.2004, 1–14. vi.2013, 2 ♀, UTM: 50Q KK 242 849, 70 m, Ref.: M016. C.Hy. 13 & M132. C.Hy. 2 [ CB]; Pak Sha O, Malaise trap, 1–14. vi.2013, 1 ♀, UTM: 50Q KK 242 849, 70m, Ref.: M132. C.Hy. 2 [ IBSS] .

Distribution. China (* Hong Kong, Yunnan), Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia (Pulau Pinang, Kuala Lumpur), and Indonesia (Java) ( Lelej 2005).

Host. Reared from nests of a widely distributed, mud-daubing solitary wasp Pison argentatum Shuckard ( Hymenoptera : Crabronidae ) ( Pagden 1934b), which is also known as a hunter of both web-building and non-webbuilding spiders of Salticidae , Araneidae , Lycosidae and Oxyopidae ( Starr 2004) . Pagden (1934b) mentioned that this species probably attacks other species of Pison as well.

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FIGURE 1. Distribution of 10 species of Mutillidae in Hong Kong.