Odontomutilla pulchrina
| Main Authors: | Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P., Das, Dipanwita, Sureshan, Pavittu M. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2020
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4448273 |
Daftar Isi:
- 9. Odontomutilla pulchrina (Smith, 1855) (Figs 14–18) Mutilla pulchrina Smith, 1855: 34, ♀, type locality, Madras [India: Tamil Nadu], syntypes in BMNH; Cameron 1897: 59. Mutilla pulcherina (!): Cameron 1892: 121, 136, ♀ (re-description of female and relation with M. aurifex). Odontomutilla pulchrina: André 1902: 29, ♀; Lelej 2005: 116, ♀. Diagnosis. FEMALE (see Smith 1855 and Cameron 1892). Head ferruginous. T1 medially with spot of pale setae. T 2 in basal half with wide transverse band of pale setae. F1 1.5 × F2 length. T3 and T4 with band of golden setae narrowly interrupted medially. Posterior margin of wide band of golden setae at the base of T2 medially rounded. MALE. Head ferruginous. T 2 in basal two thirds with wide band of golden setae. Mesoscutellum posterad and metapostnotum medially with short (less than mesoscutellum length) sparse golden setae oriented upward. Material examined. India: Tamil Nadu, 2 ♂, Anamalai, Topslip, 2500 ft., V.1977, T.R.S. Nathan leg. // Odontomutilla pulchrina (Smith), B. Petersen det., 1980 [IBSS]. Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka (Fig. 36). Remark. In the original description Smith (1855) wrote about varieties β and γ which have “the anterior band [on T2] and also the basal spot [on T1] obsolete”. Bingham (1897) regarded the extreme reduction or lack of golden setae at the base of T2 as a diagnostic character for O. pulchrina. This is contradictory to the original description since it only occurs in two variants of this species, the most common form having a well defined area of golden setae at the base of T2. There are two species of Odontomutilla in the Indian subcontinent with females having an immaculate T2 (O. trichocondyla and O. fletcheri) which are quite distinct from O. pulchrina besides pale design of T2 by F1 length 1.1 × A2 (F1 length 1.5 × A 2 in O. fletcheri).
- Published as part of Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P., Das, Dipanwita & Sureshan, Pavittu M., 2020, Review of the genus Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Indian subcontinent, with description of two new species, pp. 191-208 in Zootaxa 4822 (2) on page 198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4401429