Strangulotilla, Nonveiller, 1979

Terine, Joshua B., Lelej, Arkady S. & Kumar, Girish P., 2021, Discovery of the genus Strangulotilla Nonveiller, 1979 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) in India and description of a new species from the Western Ghats, Zootaxa 5057 (3), pp. 429-436 : 434-435

Key to the Oriental species of Strangulotilla

1. Males.............................................................................................. 2

- Females (unknown in S. sureshani sp. nov.). Mandible with preapical tooth on inner margin. Mesosoma widened posterad, 1.3 × longer than minimum width; scutellar scale lacking; propodeum with transverse row of denticles posteriorly, which enlarged medially. T2 without pale setae design, with weak pale fringe posteriorly; T3–4 with band of dense whitish setae, T5–6 laterally with whitish setae. 4.8–5.6 mm ............................................................ S. krombeini Lelej

2. Clypeus with weak medial longitudinal carina and transverse subapical carina. Metasoma black, with sparse recumbent and suberect whitish setae, T2–6 with fringe of whitish setae posteriorly. 6.5–7.2 mm. Sri Lanka............ S. krombeini Lelej

- Clypeus medially with longitudinal conspicuous depression and without transverse subapical carina. Metasoma brownish, T2–6 with long dense recumbent yellowish setae and sparse suberect whitish setae. 7.73 mm. India (Karnataka)............................................................................................... S. sureshani sp. nov .