Smicromyrme Thomson, 1870

Okayasu, Juriya, 2018, Taxonomic review of Chin-wen Chen’s species described in the genus Smicromyrme (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (2), pp. 479-494 : 480

Genus Smicromyrme Thomson, 1870

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Smicromyrme Thomson, 1870: 208 , ♁ ♀. Type species: Mutilla rufipes Fabricius, 1787 , by monotypy.

Remarks. This genus includes five subgenera: Astomyrme Lelej, 1985 , Eremotilla Lelej, 1985 , Erimyrme Lelej, 1985 , Rhombotilla Nagy, 1966 , and Smicromyrme s. str. Smicromyrme bidenticulatus and Sm. triguttatus latisquamula are confirmed to belong to the subgenus Erimyrme Lelej, 1985 of Smicromyrme .

Gender. Masculine. See discussion in LELEJ & BROTHERS (2008).

Figures

Figs 1–2. Smicromyrme bidenticulatus Chen, 1957, ♁, holotype. 1 – habitus, lateral view; 2 – labels.

Figs 3–7. Smicromyrme triguttatus latisquamula Chen, 1957, ♀, paratype from Dazhulan, Shaowu, 1.vii.1944. 3 – habitus, dorsal view; 4 – habitus, lateral view; 5 – face; 6 – pygidial area; 7 – labels.

Figs 8–12. Smicromyrme triguttatus Mickel, 1933,♀, holotype. 8 – habitus, dorsal view; 9 – habitus, lateral view; 10 – face; 11 – pygidial area; 12 – labels.