Andreimyrme Lelej, 1995

Terine, Joshua B., Lelej, Arkady S. & Kumar, Girish P., 2021, Discovery of the genus Andreimyrme Lelej, 1995 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in India and description of a new species from the Western Ghats, Zootaxa 5020 (1), pp. 184-190 : 185

Genus Andreimyrme Lelej, 1995

Andreimyrme Lelej, 1995: 5 , ♂ ♀; Lelej 1996: 100, ♀; Lelej 2007: 88; Lelej et al. 2007: 56 ; Lelej & Brothers 2008: 7; Brothers & Lelej 2017: 95, ♂ ♀; Williams et al. 2019: 16 , ♂ ♀; Okayasu 2020: 56, ♂ ♀; Pagliano et al. 2020: 169.

Type species Andreimyrme long Lelej, 1995, ♂, by original designation.

Diagnosis [based on Lelej (1995) for males and Okayasu (2020) for females]. MALE. Mandible usually robust, widened apically, tridentate at apex, without tooth and emargination beneath near the base, with additional large inner tooth. Clypeus deeply concave. F1 as long as wide. Scape bicarinate beneath. Tegulae not protruding beyond mesoscuto-scutellar suture. Notauli full, parapsidal furrow scarcely visible. Scutellum simple. Mesopleuron anteriorly with median deep glabrous depression, without precoxal denticles or tubercles beneath. Wings infuscated. T2 with lateral felt line. S2 without basomedial carina and without lateral felt lines (except A. davidi with traces of felt lines). S8 (hypopygium) without tubercles or carinae. Genital volsella wide, without basal external lobe, with long setae on inner and ventral margins. FEMALE. Genal carina weakly developed, forming raised small distinct tooth with hypostomal carina. Clypeus with sub-apical transverse carina. Mandible wide, tridentate apically. Scutellar scale lacking. Pronotum slightly wider than propodeum. T1 without pale setal spots, T2 with or without basomedial spot of pale setae, apically with narrow band of pale setae, T3 with or without wide band of pale setae. Pygidial plate elongate, carinate laterally, glabrous, weakly and longitudinally rugose on basal half, smooth apically or glabrous throughout.

Gender. Feminine.

Sex association. The possible female of the type species was associated and identified as Smicromyrme tridentiens Chen, 1957 (= A. substriolata ( Chen, 1957)) by Lelej (1995: 7).

Species included. The genus currently includes nine valid species, one of which is divided into two subspecies: Andreimyrme annexa ( Cameron, 1909) , ♂ ( Malaysia: Sabah, Sarawak), A. davidi ( André, 1898) , ♂ ( China, Fujian, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Taiwan); A. long Lelej, 1995, ♂ ( China: Yunnan); A. neaera ( Mickel, 1935) , ♀ ( Malaysia: Sabah); A. pakistanensis Lelej and Ullah, 2007 , ♂ ( Pakistan: Islamabad); A. sarawakensis Lelej, 1996 , ♀ ( Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur, Sabah, Sarawak); A. substriolata ( Chen, 1957) , ♀ (= A. tridentiens Chen, 1957 , ♀) ( China: Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang; Indonesia: Sumatra; Japan: Ryukyu; Laos: Houapanh, Xiengkhouang; Malaysia: Terengganu; Thailand: Chiang Mai; Vietnam: Hanoi, Thua Tien-Hue, Hoa Binh, Gia Lai); A. v. viriata ( Mickel, 1934) , ♂ ( Philippines: Biliran, Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, Sibuyan, Panay, Negros), A. v. nitela ( Mickel, 1934) , ♂ ( Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, Negros, Samar, Sibuyan) and A. volupia ( Mickel, 1935) , ♂ ( Malaysia: Sabah) ( Lelej 1995, 2005; Lelej et al. 2007; Okayasu 2020; Pagliano et al. 2020).

Distribution. Predominantly from the eastern Oriental Region, but two species penetrate to Eastern Palaearctic Region (Lelej 2007) and A. pakistanensis is known from Pakistan (Islamabad) westward of India.