Kurzenkotilla ariana (Lelej in Lelej & Kabakov, 1980 )

Lelej, Arkady S., Williams, Kevin A., Terine, Joshua B., Okayasu, Juriya, Parikh, Grishma R. & Kumar, Girish P., 2023, Review of the tribe Mutillini (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from the Oriental Region, Zootaxa 5228 (4), pp. 455-476 : 460

Kurzenkotilla ariana (Lelej in Lelej & Kabakov, 1980)

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Artiotilla ariana Lelej in Lelej & Kabakov, 1980: 191, ♀, holotype, ♀, Afghanistan, western border of Farah province, 70 km south of Nazar-Khan, Shand , 1.XI.1972, O. Kabakov leg. [ZIN], examined.

Material examined. Holotype only.

Distribution. Afghanistan.

Remarks. This rare species has not yet been found in the Oriental Region and is the westernmost known species in the genus Kurzenkotilla .

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Mutilla and Kurzenkotilla. 1–4. M. mikado: 1–2. ♀, habitus (1. Dorsal view; 2. Lateral view), 3–4. Male, habitus (3. Dorsal view, 4. Lateral view). 5–6. K. ariana, ♀ (5. Lateral view, 6. Dorsal view). (Photographs by K. Williams and A. Lelej).