Sinotilla, Lelej, 1995

Okayasu, Juriya, 2017, Two new species of the genus Sinotilla Lelej, 1995 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with notes on taxonomic characters, Zootaxa 4294 (2), pp. 151-169 : 166

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.2.1
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scientific name	Sinotilla
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Key to females of the genus Sinotilla

(Unknown for boheana , coeruleotincta , gracillima , gribodoana , hong , runcina , and serpa )

1. T2 with a basomedial pale setal spot...................................................................... 2

- T2 without basomedial pale setal spot.....................................................................8

2. T2 with bluish metallic luster. (Group 1)...................................................................3

- T2 without bluish metallic luster. (Group 2).................................................................4

3. Dorsal face of pronotum with a distinct lateral tooth; S2 deeply and densely punctate.............. S. decora ( Smith, 1879)

- Pronotum without such tooth; punctures on S2 sparse with interspaces subequal to puncture diameter (see also http:// timdm.tari.gov.tw/aic/detail.22php?metadata=1&sid=31150030&genus= Smicromyrme &species= contractula &speau- thor=&speauthor)............................................................... S. contractula ( Chen, 1957)

4. S2–S3 each with apical narrow band of dense appressed golden setae (not fringe; Figs 3 View FIGURES 1 – 3 , 11 View FIGURES 9 – 11 , 19 View FIGURES 17 – 19 ).......................5

- Metasomal sterna without bands of setae................................................ S. petina ( Mickel, 1937)

5. Scutellar scale narrow, at most twice the diameter of nearby punctures ( Figs 5 View FIGURES 4 – 8 , 13 View FIGURES 12 – 16 , 21 View FIGURES 20 – 24 )...............................6

- Scutellar scale broad............................................................. S. belokobylskiji Lelej, 1995

6. Scutellar scale posteriorly turning into median longitudinal carina extending through propodeal face of mesosoma ( Figs 7 View FIGURES 4 – 8 , 23 View FIGURES 20 – 24 ); spot and bands of metasoma consisting of pale golden setae ( Figs 8 View FIGURES 4 – 8 , 24 View FIGURES 20 – 24 ).......................................... 7

- Propodeal face without such carina ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 12 – 16 ); spot and bands of metasoma consisting of golden setae ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 12 – 16 )................................................................................................ S. ohbayashii sp. nov.

7. Frons without groove ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 20 – 24 ); T1 without bands of setae ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 20 – 24 ); S1 yellowish red ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 17 – 19 ); T2 and S2 polished and strongly shining among punctures ( Figs 19 View FIGURES 17 – 19 , 24 View FIGURES 20 – 24 ).......................................... S. lambirensis Lelej, 1996

- Median longitudinal carina on frons and vertex turning into short groove on frons ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 4 – 8 ); T1 with apical narrow band of pale golden setae ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 4 – 8 ); S1 black ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 3 ); T2 and S2 deeply micro-punctate and dimly shining among punctures ( Figs 3 View FIGURES 1 – 3 , 8 View FIGURES 4 – 8 )........................................................................................ S. calopoda sp. nov.

8. T2 without bluish metallic luster. (Group 3).................................................................9

- T2 with bluish metallic luster. (Group 4)..................................................................10

9. Head longitudinally elongated in lateral view; mandible without inner denticles; T1 yellowish red (see also http:// timdm.tari.gov.tw/aic/detail.php?metadata=1&sid=31150039&genus= Smicromyrme &species= subparallela &speau- thor=&speauthor)............................................................... S. subparallela ( Chen, 1957)

- Head strongly rounded in lateral view (Fig. 34); mandible with a distinct preapical inner denticle; T1 black ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 25 – 26 )................................................................................ S. yakushimensis ( Yasumatsu, 1934)

10. F1 slender, longer than F2; T1 black with apical band of dense, appressed, pale golden setae..... S. pekiniana ( André, 1905)

- F1 not slender, length subequal to F2; T1 yellowish red without bands of setae ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 25 – 26 )...... S. cyaneiventris ( André, 1896)