Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899

Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P., Das, Dipanwita & Sureshan, Pavittu M., 2020, Review of the genus Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Indian subcontinent, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4822 (2), pp. 191-208 : 192

Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899

Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899: 55 , 58, ♂, ♀.

Peringueya Ashmead, 1903: 327 , 329, ♂, ♀ (type species Mutilla erinnys Péringuey, 1898 , ♂, by original designation). Junior subjective synonym of Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 according to Bischoff, 1920: 245.

Radoszkowskius Ashmead, 1903: 327 , 328, ♂, ♀ (type species Mutilla simplicifascia Sichel & Radoszkowski, 1869 , ♀, ♂; lectotype ♀ designated by Lelej, 1996: 92) by original designation. Junior subjective synonym of Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 according to André, 1904: 36.

Type species Odontomutilla abbottii Ashmead, 1899 by original designation (= Mutilla saussurei Sichel et Radoszkowski, 1869 , according to André 1901: 329) (Afrotropical).

Diagnosis. FEMALE. Mesonotum laterally expanded to tooth or tubercle. T1 broadly disciform. T2 with large deep anterolateral pubescent fovea. MALE. Mesoscutellum bidentate posteriorly. Propodeum with posterolateral corners angulate or dentate. T1 broadly disciform. Both sexes of Odontomutilla are larger-bodied (8–18 mm) than the structurally similar Yamanetilla (6–9 mm).

Remark. Besides the size, Odontomutilla differs from Yamanetilla Lelej, 1996 in having propodeum with posterolateral corner angulate or produced into a prominent tooth in male (rounded in Yamanetilla), in T2 with large deep anterolateral pubescent fovea in female (without anterolateral pubescent fovea in Yamanetilla).