Mutillini Latreille 1802
Creators: name: Lelej, Arkady S.
name: Williams, Kevin A.
name: Terine, Joshua B.
name: Okayasu, Juriya
name: Parikh, Grishma R.
name: Kumar, Girish P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae

description: Key to the Oriental genera and species of tribe Mutillini
Males (unknown in Kurzenkotilla ariana, K. indica, K. niveosignata, K. scrobiculata, K. visrara, Standfussidia taprobane, Storozhenkotilla binghami, and K. cicatricifera)
1. Mandible strongly dilated apically, tridentate; clypeus with sparse short setae, not obscuring sculpture (China, Japan, Korea, Russia)................................................................... Mutilla mikado Cameron, 1900
- Mandible not strongly dilated apically, clearly bidentate; clypeus with long dense setae, obscuring sculpture, at least mesally ................................................................................................... 2
2 (1). Frons, vertex, and pronotum pale reddish orange; clypeus with especially long and dense setae that cover mandibles; ventral setae of paramere especially dense and long (Laos, Thailand, Vietnam)...................... 3 (Kurzenkotilla, in part)
- Head and mesosoma more extensively blackened, with at least pronotum blackened laterally; clypeal setae not so long, usually not covering mandibles; ventral paramere setae shorter and sparser (India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)................ 4
3 (2). Pale metasomal setae predominantly silver; T2 disc lacking basolateral circular patch of appressed setae; fringes of T4–5 with setae entirely black (Thailand, Vietnam)............................................. K. annamensis Lelej, 2005
- Pale metasomal setae usually predominantly golden; T2 disc with basolateral circular patch of appressed golden setae; fringes of T4–5 with scattered pale golden setae (Laos, Thailand).................... K. harmandi (André, 1898), comb. nov.
4 (2). Anterior border of clypeus strongly emarginated and bordered by strong tubercle; clypeus with long dense golden setae; T1–3(4) posterad with narrow band of golden setae; T7 not angulate lateroapically; T7 densely punctate throughout (India, Sri Lanka)......................................................... Storozhenkotilla aurofasciata (André, 1907)
- Anterior border of clypeus shallowly concave and bordered by weak tubercle; clypeus with sparse yellowish or whitish setae; T1–3(4) posterad with narrow band or fringe of whitish or yellowish setae; T7 angulate lateroapically; T7 densely punctate, medially partly smooth................................................................................ 5
5 (4). Mesosoma totally black; metasoma strongly violaceous (India)................ Storozhenkotilla nathani Lelej, sp. nov.
- Mesosoma black with ferruginous-red mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and pronotum dorsally; metasoma weakly violaceous.................................................................................. 6 (Kurzenkotilla, in part)
6 (5). Fore wing with distal portion dark brown-violaceous, basally yellow-brown; T7 medially with wide smooth basal area and carinated apical triangle (India, Nepal)............................... K. rufodorsata (Cameron, 1897), comb. nov.
- Fore wing uniformly pale brown; T7 medially with narrow basal smooth line and weakly carinated apical triangle (India, Pakistan)......................................................... K. semiviolacea (André, 1896), comb. nov.
Females (unknown in Kurzenkotilla rufodorsata, K. semiviolacea, and Storozhenkotilla nathani)
1. T2 disc with setae uniformly black basally, without appressed whitish or golden setal patches; T6 with no trace of pygidial plate, uniformly punctate and covered with short whitish setae (China, Japan, Korea, Russia)................................................................................................... Mutilla mikado Cameron, 1900
- T2 disc with appressed patch or patches of whitish or golden setae in the basal half; T6 with apparent pygidial plate, mesally mostly bare, sculpture rugose, shagreened, or smooth....................................................... 2
2 (1). T2 basally with one mesal spot of white setae; T6 with flat elongate pygidial plate defined throughout its length by lateral carinae (Sri Lanka)...................................................... Standfussidia taprobane Lelej, 2005
- T2 basally with transverse pale band or with two ovate pale spots disposed transversely; T6 generally convex, at most with weakly defined pygidial plate having short carinae lateroapically.............................................. 3
3 (2). Promesonotal suture carinated and distinct; dorsal and lateral pronotal surfaces separated by thick raised oblique carina; T2 disc with complete transverse band of golden setae, confluent with golden T1 fringe (India, Sri Lanka).................................................................................. Storozhenkotilla aurofasciata (André, 1907)
- Promesonotal suture not carinated, indistinct; dorsal and lateral pronotal surfaces not separated by thick raised carina; T2 disc with mesally interrupted transverse band, with separated discal spots disposed transversely, or with mesally constricted transverse band that is separated from black T1 fringe mesally................................................ 4
4 (3). T2 disc with mesally interrupted transverse band of golden setae basally, band confluent with golden T1 fringe; pygidial plate weakly rugose, defined by distinct short lateral carinae................................. 5 (Storozhenkotilla, in part)
- T2 disc with white or golden setal patches usually separated from T1 fringe; if T2 patches or band confluent with T1 fringe, then T1 fringe composed of black setae mesally; pygidial plate smooth or obscurely shagreened, with lateral carina indistinct or obliterated; head as wide or wider than mesosoma........................................... 6 (Kurzenkotilla)
5 (4). Head dorsally reddish-orange, mesosoma laterally blackish with dorsomesal redish-orange area, densely areolate-punctate dorsally (India).................................................................. S. binghami (Lelej, 2005)
- Head mostly black with obscure reddish-brown dorsal area; mesosoma entirely black, coarsely rugoso-punctate dorsally (India, Sri Lanka). S. binghami (Lelej, 2005), comb. nov. (Mutilla valida Cameron, 1897, nom. praeocc., non Smith, 1855)
6 (4). Head orange-brown; T2 disc with golden patches large or confluent, distance between spots less than their diameter or spots confluent; T2 fringe and T3 with wide band of golden setae................................................... 7
- Head black; T2 basally with two small spots of yellowish setae, distance between spots 1.5 × their diameter; T2 fringe mostly composed of black setae, T3 with two separated patches of whitish or yellowish setae............................. 10
7 (6). T2 disc with mesally constricted transverse band of golden setae (India)........ K. cicatricifera (André, 1894), comb. nov.
- T2 disc with two separated spots of golden setae........................................................... 8
8 (7). Mandible bidentate; F1 1.75 × F2; legs concolorous with pale orange-brown mesosoma (Afghanistan).................................................................................. K. ariana (Lelej in Lelej & Kabakov, 1980)
- Mandible apparently tridentate, middle tooth blunt and somewhat confluent with lower tooth; F1 1.5 × F2; legs generally darker than mesosoma (Southeastern Asia)................................................................ 9
9 (8). Basal spots larger, distance between them ~0.3 × their diameter; mesosoma scarcely longer than wide with propodeum and mesonotum of similar widths (Thailand, Vietnam)..................................... K. annamensis Lelej, 2005
- Basal spots smaller, distance between them ~0.6 × their diameter; mesosoma clearly longer than wide with propodeum laterally expanded (Laos, Thailand)....................................................... K. harmandi (André, 1898)
10 (6). T1 dorsally with black setae (India, Nepal)...................................... K. scrobiculata (Hammer, 1962)
- T1 dorsally with more or less dense orange setae.......................................................... 11
11 (10). T1 dorsally with dense ferruginous setae; S2 with three longitudinal carinae, lateral ones ending apically by tubercle; T4 generally with two spots of whitish setae, often sparser than those on T3 (India, Pakistan)... K. niveosignata (André, 1899)
- T1 dorsally with sparser ferruginous setae; S2 without three longitudinal carinae; T4 at most with scattered whitish setae (India, Sri Lanka).............................................................. K. visrara (Cameron, 1898)
description: Published as part of Lelej, Arkady S., Williams, Kevin A., Terine, Joshua B., Okayasu, Juriya, Parikh, Grishma R. & Kumar, Girish P., 2023, Review of the tribe Mutillini (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from the Oriental Region, pp. 455-476 in Zootaxa 5228 (4) on pages 457-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7540106