Corytilla Arnold, 1956

Lelej, Arkady S. & Williams, Kevin A., 2023, Review of the tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff, 1920 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Zootaxa 5231 (2), pp. 101-140 : 109

3. Corytilla Arnold, 1956

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Corytilla Arnold, 1956: 63 , figs 12, 12a, 12b, ♁; 1962: 846, figs 2, 2a, ♁, ♀; Lelej & Brothers 2008: 17; Brothers & Lelej 2017: 95, ♁, ♀; Pagliano et al. 2020: 169.

Type species Corytilla pallidipes Arnold, 1956 , ♁, by original designation.

Diagnosis. MALE. Mandible acuminated apically, beneath with large subbasal tooth. F2 a little shorter than F3. Vertex with raised subtriangular carinated platform between posterior ocelli. Mesonotum posterolaterally with full length notauli and short parapdis, hind angles produced into short blunt teeth. T2 with lateral felt lines, S2 without any traces of lateral felt lines. Forewings with very large radial and three radiomedial cells. FEMALE. Mandibles falcate and edentate with acute apex. F2 1.25 × F1 and equal in length F3. Mesosoma little wider behind than in front, one-fifth longer than wide in front. Scutellar scale lacking. T2 with oblong spot of pale golden setae, apical margin and also that of T3 with narrow fringe of same setae. Pygidial plate marginate, the basal two-thirds closely and longitudinally striate, the apical third smooth.

Diversity and distribution. Four species, three based on males only and one from both sexes, are recognized in the Afrotropical Region.

Remarks. Each of the four species in this genus is known from males, but only one species is known from the female as well. There are no available keys to separate all the species. The males are relatively abundant in Malaise trap samples from southern Africa (KAW, pers. obs.), but we have never seen a female that fits Arnold’s (1962) diagnosis.

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)).