Cephalotilla, Bischoff, 1920

Terine, Joshua B., Lelej, Arkady S. & Kumar, Girish P., 2024, Discovery of a new species of the genus Cephalotilla Bischoff, 1920 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India, Zootaxa 5399 (2), pp. 190-194 : 193

Key to the Oriental females of Cephalotilla

1. T2 apically and T3 with band of golden setae. Head, scape and legs black. Pygidial plate mostly black or dark brown. 7.35–7.84 mm. India..................................... C. manikandani Terine, Lelej & Girish Kumar , sp. nov. ( Fig. 1–6 )

– T2 apically and T3 with band of yellow setae. Head, scape and legs ferruginous. Pygidial plate ferruginous. 6.0– 7.2 mm. Sri Lanka.............................................. C. porcella ( Turner, 1911) (See Lelej, 2023: pg. 7; Fig. 4–6 )

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Cephalotilla manikandani sp. nov., holotype, ♀. 1. Habitus, lateral view; 2. Head, frontal view; 3. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view; 4. Metasoma, dorsal view; 5. Metasoma, ventral view; 6. Pygidial plate.