Smicromyrmini Bischoff, 1920

Okayasu, Juriya, 2020, Velvet ants of the tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Japan, Zootaxa 4723 (1), pp. 1-110 : 7

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Tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff, 1920

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Smicromyrmini Bischoff, 1920: 23 .

Smicromyrminae: Invrea 1964: 151.

Diagnosis. MALE. Eye without setae; inner margin deeply notched. F1 length ~0.8 × that of F2. Scutellum simple, without median carina or postero-lateral denticle. Wing venations not reaching its apex; distance between origin of RS on vein Sc and base of stigmatic cell nearly 2 × stigmatic cell length; hind wing without anal lobe. Claws without inner denticles. Metasomal segment 1 narrow; segment 2 with lateral felt line on T and sometimes on S; S8 not reduced, plate-like; genitalia with symmetrical penis valves. FEMALE. Head not enlarged; eye oval, slightly protruding from head capsule, without setae; Maxillary palpus six segmented; labial palpus four segmented. Mesosoma widest at pronotum or propodeum; mesopleuron concave; meso-metapleural suture ending at pronotal spiracle; dorsum of propodeum without row of denticles. Claws without inner denticles. T1 much narrower than T2, not petiolate; T2 with one median, two transverse (some Mickelomyrme Lelej, 1995 ) or three transverse basal spots of pale setae, rarely with one basal, two lateral and one apical spot (some Physetopoda Schuster, 1949 ) or without any spots; T2 rarely with basal band of pale setae (some Dentilla Lelej, 1980 ).

Genera included. 26 genera and four subgenera. See Brothers & Lelej (2017). The genera Smicromyrme Thomson, 1870 , Nemka Lelej, 1985 , Mickelomyrme Lelej, 1995 , Andreimyrme Lelej, 1995 , Ephucilla Lelej, 1995 and Sinotilla Lelej, 1995 are recognized from Japan.

Distribution. Afrotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Lelej 2007).