Sinotilla Lelej 1995
Creators: name: Okayasu, Juriya
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Sinotilla

description: Key to females of the genus Sinotilla
(Unknown for boheana, coeruleotincta, gracillima, gribodoana, hong, runcina, and serpa)
1. T2 with a basomedial pale setal spot...................................................................... 2
- T2 without basomedial pale setal spot.....................................................................8
2. T2 with bluish metallic luster. (Group 1)...................................................................3
- T2 without bluish metallic luster. (Group 2).................................................................4
3. Dorsal face of pronotum with a distinct lateral tooth; S2 deeply and densely punctate.............. S. decora (Smith, 1879)
- Pronotum without such tooth; punctures on S2 sparse with interspaces subequal to puncture diameter (see also http:// timdm.tari.gov.tw/aic/detail.22php?metadata=1&sid=31150030&genus= Smicromyrme &species= contractula &speau- thor=&speauthor)............................................................... S. contractula (Chen, 1957)
4. S2–S3 each with apical narrow band of dense appressed golden setae (not fringe; Figs 3, 11, 19).......................5
- Metasomal sterna without bands of setae................................................ S. petina (Mickel, 1937)
5. Scutellar scale narrow, at most twice the diameter of nearby punctures (Figs 5, 13, 21)...............................6
- Scutellar scale broad............................................................. S. belokobylskiji Lelej, 1995
6. Scutellar scale posteriorly turning into median longitudinal carina extending through propodeal face of mesosoma (Figs 7, 23); spot and bands of metasoma consisting of pale golden setae (Figs 8, 24).......................................... 7
- Propodeal face without such carina (Fig. 15); spot and bands of metasoma consisting of golden setae (Fig. 16)................................................................................................ S. ohbayashii sp. nov.
7. Frons without groove (Fig. 20); T1 without bands of setae (Fig. 24); S1 yellowish red (Fig. 19); T2 and S2 polished and strongly shining among punctures (Figs 19, 24).......................................... S. lambirensis Lelej, 1996
- Median longitudinal carina on frons and vertex turning into short groove on frons (Fig. 4); T1 with apical narrow band of pale golden setae (Fig. 8); S1 black (Fig. 3); T2 and S2 deeply micro-punctate and dimly shining among punctures (Figs 3, 8)........................................................................................ S. calopoda sp. nov.
8. T2 without bluish metallic luster. (Group 3).................................................................9
- T2 with bluish metallic luster. (Group 4)..................................................................10
9. Head longitudinally elongated in lateral view; mandible without inner denticles; T1 yellowish red (see also http:// timdm.tari.gov.tw/aic/detail.php?metadata=1&sid=31150039&genus= Smicromyrme &species= subparallela &speau- thor=&speauthor)............................................................... S. subparallela (Chen, 1957)
- Head strongly rounded in lateral view (Fig. 34); mandible with a distinct preapical inner denticle; T1 black (Fig. 25)................................................................................ S. yakushimensis (Yasumatsu, 1934)
10. F1 slender, longer than F2; T1 black with apical band of dense, appressed, pale golden setae..... S. pekiniana (André, 1905)
- F1 not slender, length subequal to F2; T1 yellowish red without bands of setae (Fig. 26)...... S. cyaneiventris (André, 1896)
description: Published as part of Okayasu, Juriya, 2017, Two new species of the genus Sinotilla Lelej, 1995 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with notes on taxonomic characters, pp. 151-169 in Zootaxa 4294 (2) on page 166, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/832616