Cystomutilla
Creators: name: Tu, Bin-Bin
name: Lelej, Arkady S.
name: Chen, Xue-Xin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mutillidae
Cystomutilla

description: Key to species of Cystomutilla and Hemutilla
1. Male (unknown in Hemutilla bifurcata and H. cheni)....................................................... 2
- Female (unknown in Hemutilla ferrugineipes, H. granulata, H. hoozana, and H. tuberculata)......................... 7
2. Clypeus flat or slightly concave. First metasomal tergum 1.1–1.3 × as long as broad. Length of volsella 0.5 × length of gonostylus (Figs 3 A–D). Cystomutilla André. ................................................................. 3
- Clypeus deeply concave. First metasomal tergum 1.6–2.0 × as long as broad. Length of volsella 0.65 × or more length of gonostylus (Figs 9 A–D, 10A–D). Hemutilla gen. nov. ........................................................... 4
3. Mesosternum midway to anterior margin mesally with two median weak curved carinae. Fore wing hyaline, not infuscated. Gonostylus mesally with few sparse short setae.............................................. C. ruficeps (Smith)
- Mesosternum midway to anterior margin mesally with distinct paired sharp tubercles. Fore wing infuscated. Gonostylus mesally with tuft of strong setae.......................................................... C. teranishii Mickel
4. Mandible apically bidentate. Metasomal sternum 2 without distinct lateral felt line (with a few short setae only). Hind coxa mesally with acute tubercle............................................................ H. tuberculata sp. nov.
- Mandible apically tridentate. Metasomal sternum 2 with distinct lateral felt line. Hind coxa mesally without acute tubercle, at most weakly swollen................................................................................ 5
5. Metasomal sternum 2 with short lateral felt line (length 0.5 × distance between line and posterior border of sternum). Legs and metasomal segment 1 ferruginous-red................................................. H. ferrugineipes sp. nov.
- Metasomal sternum 2 with well developed lateral felt line (length equal to or more than distance between line and posterior border of sternum). Legs and metasomal segment 1 black................................................... 6
6. Lateral section of clypeus concave, coarsely punctate. Mandible beneath basally slightly widened, rounded. Volsellar cuspis mesally with short setae (Figs 10 A–B)................................................... H. hoozana (Zavattari)
- Lateral section of clypeus not concave, granulate. Mandible beneath basally strongly widened. Volsellar cuspis mesally with long setae (Figs 9 A–B)............................................................... H. granulata sp. nov.
7. Mesopleuron smooth with large punctures along vertical narrow ridge; propodeum laterally and metapleuron micropunctate, mixed with sparse large punctures. Metasternal posterior median process acuminate or rounded. Metasomal sternum 1 with simple longitudinal carina. Cystomutilla André. .......................................................... 8
- Mesopleuron, metapleuron and propodeum laterally densely punctate. Metasternal posterior median process bifurcate. Metasomal sternum 1 with bifurcate carina. Hemutilla gen. nov. ................................................. 9
8. Head ferruginous-red. Metasomal tergum 1 posteriorly with median tuft and lateral fringe of white setae...................................................................................................... C. ruficeps (Smith)
- Head black. Metasomal tergum 1 posteriorly with fringe of white setae, without median tuft......... C. teranishii Mickel
9. Mesonotum laterally with lamellate carina from pronotal to mesonotal spiracle tubercles. Metasomal tergum 1 posteriorly with tuft of golden setae. Tergum 2 posteriorly and tergum 3 with about same length bands of golden setae.... H. cheni sp. nov.
- Mesonotum laterally lacking lamellate carina. Metasomal tergum 1 posteriorly with fringe of fuscous setae. Tergum 2 posteriorly and tergum 3 with bands of yellow setae, latter much longer than on tergum 2................. H. bifurcata (Chen)
description: Published as part of Tu, Bin-Bin, Lelej, Arkady S. & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2014, Review of the genus Cystomutilla André, 1896 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae: Sphaeropthalminae: Sphaeropthalmini), with description of the new genus Hemutilla gen. nov. and four new species from China, pp. 71-91 in Zootaxa 3889 (1) on pages 89-90, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/287525