Mutilla carinata

Smith, F., 1859, Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the Islands of Aru and Key., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 3, pp. 132-158 : 150-151

3. Mutilla carinata .

M. capite thoraceque metallico-purpureis viridi tinctis, pedibus ferrugineis, abdomine nigro, basi pallido fasciata, segmento secundo ad apicem fascia bilobata ornato.

Female. Length 4 1 / 4 lines. The head and thorax of a metallic purple tint with shades of green and copper; the scape of the antennae, the mandibles, palpi, and legs ferruginous; the head and thorax closely and strongly punctured. The abdomen velvety black; the base truncate, the truncation smooth and shining; its margin carinate; the upper surface of the basal segment yellowish-white, a broad bilobed fascia of the same colour at the apical margin of the second segment; the apex ferruginous. Male. The head and thorax metallic green, strongly and closely punctured; abdomen black and shining, much more finely punctured than the thorax; wings light brown, with their base and extreme apex hyaline; the legs ferruginous.

Hab. Aru.