Andreimyrme Lelej, 1995

Lelej, Arkady S. & Williams, Kevin A., 2023, Review of the tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff, 1920 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Zootaxa 5231 (2), pp. 101-140 : 108

1. Andreimyrme Lelej, 1995

( Figs 1–3 , 110 )

Andreimyrme Lelej, 1995b: 5 , ♁, ♀; 1996a: 100, ♀; 2002: 50; 2005: 38; 2007: 88; Lelej et al. 2007: 56 , ♁; Lelej & Brothers 2008: 7; Lo Cascio 2015: 544; Brothers & Lelej 2017: 95, ♁, ♀; Okayasu et al. 2018: 303, ♀; Williams et al. 2019: 16 , ♀; Pagliano et al. 2020: 169; Okayasu 2020: 56, ♁, ♀; Terine et al. 2021: 185 , ♀; Okayasu et al. 2021: 3 , ♁, ♀.

Type species Andreimyrme long Lelej, 1995b, ♁, by original designation.

Dignosis. MALE. Clypeus deeply concave. Mandible robust, widened apically, tridentate at apex with additional large inner tooth; ventral margin not emarginate basally. Scape bicarinate ventrally; F1 0.7 × as long as wide. Notaulus complete, reaching anterior margin of mesoscutum; parapsidal signum scarcely visible; mesoscutellum punctate; mesopleuron anteriorly with medial deep glabrous depression, without or with precoxal denticle. S2 without basomedial carina and without lateral felt line (except A. davidi ( André, 1898) with trace of felt line); S8 (hypopygium) without tubercle or carina; genital volsella wide, without basal external lobe, with long setae on inner and ventral margins. FEMALE. Genal carina distinct, forming sharp hypostomal tooth; clypeus with subventral transverse ridge; mandible slender tridentate, wide tridentate, or broadly expanded; prementum armed with posterior rounded tubercle. Mesosomal lateral margins subparallel or convergent posteriorly; prescutellar scales absent; scutellar scale obliterated; metanotal-propodeal suture obliterated. Protarsus with external comb of long spines. T2 with posterior band of pale setae; pygidial plate subconvex with lateral margins defined by weak carinae, subparallel or slightly convergent anteriorly; surface of pygidial plate smooth or longitudinally rugose.

Diversity and distribution. Twenty species (one with two subspecies); 15 from females only, five from males only. Predominantly from the Oriental Region but two species penetrate to the Palaearctic part of China and A. pakistanensis Lelej & Ullah in Lelej et al. 2007 is known from Pakistan ( Okayasu et al. 2021).

Remarks. Females of this genus were recently keyed and reviewed ( Okayasu et al. 2021); most species (15/20) are known from females only.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. 1. Andreimyrme long Lelej, 1995, ♁, holotype, lateral habitus; 2–3. A. rong Williams in Okayasu et al., 2021, ♀, holotype, habitus (2. Dorsal view, 3. Lateral view); 4a, 4b. Antennotilla phoebe (Péringuey, 1899), ♁: (4a. Lateral view, 4b. Dorsal view); 5–6. Corytilla pallidipes Arnold, 1956, ♁ (5. Head, lateral view, 6. Lateral habitus). (Photographs by V. Loktionov (1), D. Brothers (4b), and K. Williams (2, 3, 4a, 5, 6)).

FIGURES 110–115. Smicromyrmini, ♀, pygidial plate (T6). 110.Andreimyrme rong Williams in Okayasu et al., 2021, holotype; 111. Dentilla curtiventris (André, 1901); 112. Ephucilla thalia (Mickel, 1933); 113. Ephutomma fletcheri (Turner, 1911); 114. Karunaratnea palatupanae Lelej, 2005, paratype; 115. Nemka viduata (Pallas, 1773). (Photographs by K. Williams andA. Lelej (114)).