Mutilla familiaris

Smith, F., 1857, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 2, pp. 42-88 : 84-85

publication ID

2588

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6297722

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5F89B164-48A9-8E69-9C60-8D96A8EF0DC6

treatment provided by

Christiana

scientific name

Mutilla familiaris
status

 

7. Mutilla familiaris   HNS .

M. capite abdomineque nigris; thorace rubro; abdominis basi subito truncato; abdominis segmenti secundi basi macula, tertii fascia lata argenteo-pubescentibus.

Female. Length 4 3/4 lines. Head and abdomen black, the former rugose; the flagellum ferruginous beneath. Thorax ferruginous and oblongquadrate; the disk rugose; the margins crenulated. Abdomen with elongate confluent punctures; the basal segment abruptly truncated; the second segment with a small ovate spot in the middle of its base, and the third segment covered with short silvery-white pubescence; beneath, the margins of the segments are fringed with long white pubescence.

Hab. Singapore.

Although this species bears a very close resemblance to several which have been described, it is very distinct, and may be readily distinguished by the abrupt truncation of the basal abdominal segment.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Crabronidae

Genus

Mutilla

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