Smicromyrmini, Bischoff, 1920

Okayasu, Juriya, 2020, Velvet ants of the tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Japan, Zootaxa 4723 (1), pp. 1-110 : 7-8

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4723.1.1

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B86CED3E-D13F-FFE0-FF38-6FD7FA02FEE9

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scientific name

Smicromyrmini
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Key to the genera of Smicromyrmini of Japan

1. Male: head with ocelli; flagellum 11 segmented; alate........................................................ 2

- Female: head without ocelli; flagellum 10 segmented; apterous................................................. 7

2. Genitalic volsella with long narrow cuspisand basal external lobe ( Figs 13D View FIGURE 13 , 23C, E View FIGURE 23 )............................... 3

- Genitalic volsella with short robust cuspis and without basal external lobe ( Figs 5C View FIGURE 5 , 31C View FIGURE 31 , 38A, C, E View FIGURE 38 , 46I View FIGURE 46 )............... 4

3. Mandible tridentate ( Fig. 12C View FIGURE 12 ); mesopleuron beneath with one or two pairs of precoxal denticles or tubercles ( Fig. 14C View FIGURE 14 )........................................................................................... 2. Nemka Lelej

- Mandible bidentate; mesopleuron beneath without precoxal denticles or tubercles................ 3. Mickelomyrme Lelej

4. Mandible narrowed to apex, bidentate or tridentate, inner denticles smaller than apex ( Figs 4F View FIGURE 4 , 36C View FIGURE 36 , 46G View FIGURE 46 ); ventral margin of mandible excised into large tooth or with weak lobe basally ( Fig. 36H View FIGURE 36 )........................................... 5

- Mandible widened to apex, tridentate, inner denticles as large as apex ( Fig. 31B View FIGURE 31 ); ventral margin of mandible without tooth or lobe............................................................................... 4. Andreimyrme Lelej

5. S2 with short lateral felt line; parapenial lobe bifurcate; volsellar cuspis oval, with developed setal bunch on inner face ( Figs 5C View FIGURE 5 , 46I View FIGURE 46 )............................................................................................. 6

- S2 without felt line; parapenial lobe slender, strongly bending; volsellar cuspis slender, without setal bunch ( Figs 38A, C, E View FIGURE 38 )...................................................................................... 5. Ephucilla Lelej

6. Clypeus with a pair of subapical teeth; F1 as long as wide; maxillary palpus much shorter than antenna; paramere with inner protuberance............................................................... 1. Smicromyrme s. str. Thomson

- Clypeus without subapical tooth; F1 length at most 0.9 × its width; maxillary palpus as long as antenna; paramere without inner protuberance............................................................................ 6. Sinotilla Lelej

7. Mandible slender, bidentate or tridentate ( Figs 7C View FIGURE 7 , 17C View FIGURE 17 , 26C View FIGURE 26 , 40C, F View FIGURE 40 ); prementum without posterior tubercle; scutellar scale more or less developed................................................................................. 8

- Mandible wide, tridentate ( Fig. 30C View FIGURE 30 ); prementum with posterior tubercle; scutellar scale absent...... 4. Andreimyrme Lelej

8. Genal carina absent; pygidial area sculptured with distinct lateral carina ( Figs 7J View FIGURE 7 , 18D View FIGURE 18 , 26J View FIGURE 26 ).......................... 9

- Genal carina present; pygidial area unsculptured, smooth, shining at most with weak indistinct lateral carina ( Fig. 41 View FIGURE 41 ).... 11

9. Pygidial area elongate ( Figs 7J View FIGURE 7 , 26J View FIGURE 26 )..................................................................... 10 - Pygidial area short and oval ( Fig. 18D View FIGURE 18 )........................................................ 2. Nemka Lelej 10. T2 with one basomedial spot ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ).......................................... 1. Smicromyrme s. str. Thomson - T2 with three basal spots disposed in horizontal line ( Fig. 25B View FIGURE 25 )............................... 3. Mickelomyrme Lelej 11. Lateral margins of pygidial area weakly carinate apically........................................ 5. Ephucilla Lelej - Lateral margins of pygidial area not carinate even apically........................................ 6. Sinotilla Lelej

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mutillidae

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