Odontomutilla

Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P., Das, Dipanwita & Sureshan, Pavittu M., 2020, Review of the genus Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Indian subcontinent, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4822 (2), pp. 191-208 : 205-206

Key to the species of Odontomutilla from the Indian subcontinent

Males (unknown in O. assamensis , O. buddha , O. familiaris trimaculata , O. sikkimensis , O. spectra , and O. paderua )

1. Head black. Notauli lacking. T3 with band of dense pale setae, interrupted medially. Propodeum and pleurae more or less black. Posterolateral angles of propodeum strongly produced, subspinose. 16.0 mm.— Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines...................................................... O. familiaris familiaris ( Smith, 1857) [extra limital]

- Head ferruginous or brownish-ferruginous................................................................. 2

2. T 2 in basal two thirds without band or spots of pale setae...................................................... 3

- T 2 in basal two thirds with band or two spots of pale setae..................................................... 5

3. Pronotum, mesonotum and mesoscutellum except apex with dense long black setae. 17.0 mm.— Sri Lanka.......................................................................................... O. perelegans ( Cameron, 1897)

- Pronotum, mesonotum and mesoscutellum except apex with sparse greyish and yellowish setae....................... 4

4. Propodeum black, dorsally with dense recumbent golden setae; posterolateral dent with patch of dense long golden setae. Mesoscutellum with long (as long as mesoscutellum length) dense yellowish setae apically, oriented backward. 13.0 mm.— India: Karnataka ................................................................... O. trichocondyla ( André, 1894)

- Propodeum ferruginous, dorsally without dense recumbent pale setae; posterolateral dent with sparse long pale setae. Mesoscutellum apically with shorter (less than mesoscutellum length) sparse yellowish setae, oriented upward. 13.6 mm.— Sri Lanka.................................................................................... O. fletcheri sp. nov.

5. T 2 in basal two thirds with two lateral pale spots located transversely. 12.7 mm.—Northern India...................................................................................................... O. miranda ( Smith, 1855)

- T 2 in basal two thirds with wide band of golden setae........................................................ 6

6. Mesoscutellum posterad and metapostnotum medially with long (as long as mesoscutellum length) dense golden setae oriented backward. 15.0–16.0 mm.— India: Maharashtra .......................................... O. aurifex ( Smith, 1879)

- Mesoscutellum posterad and metapostnotum medially with short (less than mesoscutellum length) sparse golden setae oriented upward. 15.0– 16.8 mm.— India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka ........................... O. pulchrina ( Smith, 1855)

Females (unknown in O. miranda )

1. T 2 in basal half without pale spot(s) or wide band of pale setae................................................. 2

- T 2 in basal half with one (three) spots or with wide band of pale setae........................................... 3

2. T2 length 0.80–0.84 × its maximum width. Width of apicolateral spot of golden setae of T2 at least twice the distance between spots. Propodeum posterolaterally longitudinally rugose. Mesosoma brownish-red, pronotum and mesonotum ferruginous. 12.0– 13.6 mm ................................................................ O. trichocondyla ( André, 1894)

- T2 length equals its maximum width. Width of apicolateral spot of golden setae of T2 equal or less than distance between spots. Propodeum posterolaterally with shallow sparse punctures. Mesosoma ferruginous. 12.0– 13.6 mm ...... O. fletcheri sp. nov.

3. Head mostly ferruginous............................................................................... 4

- Head black.......................................................................................... 9

4. T1 medially with spot of pale setae....................................................................... 5

- T1 medially without spot of pale setae..................................................................... 8

5. T 2 in basal half with three separate spots of pale setae, located transversely. 12.0–13.0 mm.— India: Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Karnataka ...................................................................... O. spectra ( Bingham, 1908)

- T 2 in basal half with wide transverse band of pale setae....................................................... 6

6. F1 length 1.5 × F2. T3 and T4 with band of golden setae narrowly interrupted medially............................. 7

- F1 length 1.0–1.1 × F2. T3 and T 4 with band of golden setae, both anteromedially slightly emarginated. 13.5–14.0 mm.— India: Kerala ..................................................................... O. sairandhriensis sp. nov.

7. Basal wide golden band of T2 posteromedially rounded. 11.7–17 mm ....................... O. pulchrina ( Smith, 1855)

- Basal wide golden band of T2 posteromedially acuminated. 11.0–14.0 mm.— India: Maharashtra .. O. aurifex ( Smith, 1879)

8. T 2 in basal half with one spot of pale setae; sides of T2 above broadly fringed with pale golden setae. T3 with uninterrupted band of pale setae. 12.0 mm..................................................... O. perelegans ( Cameron, 1897)

- T 2 in basal half with three spots of pale setae. T3 with widely interrupted band of pale setae. 12.0 mm.— India: Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh ....................................................... O. paderua Das & Girish Kumar, 2017

9. T1 with median pale setal spot.......................................................................... 10

- T1 without median pale spot........................................................................... 11

10. Legs black; T6 with pygidium defined by lateral carina. 14.0 mm.— India: Meghalaya ........ O. assamensis Hammer, 1962

- Legs ferruginous; pygidial area lacking. 13.0 mm.— India: Sikkim ......................... O. sikkimensis André, 1903

11. T2 basally with small oval pale spot of pale setae, without posterolateral ones; T3 with uninterrupted band of golden setae. 11.0 mm.— India: Maharashtra ......................................................... O. buddha ( Cameron, 1892)

- T2 basally with larger spot of pale setae and two smaller posterolateral ones; T3 with widely interrupted band of yellowish setae. 10.0 mm.— India: Assam .......................................... O. familiaris trimaculata Hammer, 1962