Promecidia ninnii (Magretti, 1892)

Lelej, Arkady S., Zhou, Hu-ting, Loktionov, Valery M. & Xu, Zai-fu, 2016, Review of the genus Promecidia Lelej, 1996, with description of two new species from China (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Trogaspidiini), ZooKeys 641, pp. 103-120 : 116

Promecidia ninnii (Magretti, 1892)

Mutilla Ninnii Magretti, 1892: 211, ♀, holotype: "Monti dei Carin–Chebà (900-1100 m. s./m.), Luglio 1888" [mountain area in the Karen Hills of southeastern Myanmar, in the Tenasserim Mountain Range] (MSNG); de Dalla Torre 1897: 66, ♀.

Promecidia ninnii : Lelej 2005: 81, ♀.

Material examined.

VIETNAM: 1 ♀ (IBSS), Dong Nai, Ma Da, forest, 6.VI.1995, T. Sergeeva. THAILAND: 1 ♀ (IBSS), North-East Thailand, Nakornratchasima, Sakaerat lowland forest (DEF), 9.VII.1999, Sk. Yamane.

Diagnosis.

Male unknown. Female. Body length 6.0 (holotype)-8.4 mm. Metasoma black. Metasomal tergum 2 with narrow apical pale band. Posterolateral border of propodeum dentate. Metasomal terga 4-5 with black setae. Tibiae and tarsi ferruginous. Pale band of tergum 3 entire.

Distribution.

Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (Dong Nai). The record of this species from India (Assam, Lelej 2005) belongs to Promecidia birmanica (de Dalla Torre, 1897) (above).

Comments.

Possibly, this species is the female of Promecidia birmanica (de Dalla Torre, 1897); both are distributed in Myanmar and Vietnam.