Promecidia birmanica ( Dalla Torre, 1897 )

Okayasu, Juriya, Lelej, Arkady S., Williams, Kevin A., Brabant, Craig M., Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong, Nguyen, Anh Duc, Pham, Thai Hong & Truong, Tuong Thi Cat, 2025, Current knowledge on the velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae, Myrmosidae) of Vietnam: faunal review and new distributional records, Zootaxa 5668 (1), pp. 1-104 : 68-70

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Promecidia birmanica ( Dalla Torre, 1897 )
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Promecidia birmanica ( Dalla Torre, 1897)

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( Figs 24C, 24D)

Mutilla schlettereri Magretti, 1892 (nom. preocc., non Morawitz 1890): 230, ♂, holotype ♂ (Monti dei Carin–Chebá [= mountain area in Karen Hills], [ Myanmar]) [MSNG]; Bingham 1897: 43, ♂.

Mutilla birmanica Dalla Torre, 1897: 16 . New name for Mutilla schlettereri Magretti.

Promecidia birmanica : Lelej 2005: 80, ♂; Lelej et al. 2016: 109 View Cited Treatment , ♂; Thaochan et al. 2022: 164, ♂.

Promecidia ninnii ( Magretti, 1892) : Lelej 2005: 81, ♂, part. Misidentification.

Material examined. 10♂. Vietnam: GIA LAI: Mang Yang , Kon Ka Kinh NP, 14°12'11"N 108°18'58"E, 834 m, 19.V–3.VI.2022, L.V. Tinh leg., MT [= Malaise trap] [1♂ IEBR] GoogleMaps ; DAK LAK: Chu Yang Sin NP, near dam, 500 m, 3–9.VI.2007, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries leg., malaise [1♂ RMNH] ; Chu Yang Sin NP, Krong K’Mar , 760 m, 22–26.X.2005, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries leg., malaise [1♂ RMNH] ; NINH THUAN: Nui Chua NP, northeast part, 90–150 m, 23–30.V.2007, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries leg., malaise [1♂ RMNH] ; DONG NAI: Cat Tien NP, bird trail, 100 m, 15–20.V.2007, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries leg., malaise [3♂ RMNH] ; Cat Tien NP, eco-trail, 100 m, 13–20.V.2007, C. van Achterberg & R. de Vries leg., malaise [3♂ RMNH] .

Identification source. Keyed using Lelej et al. (2016) and compared with the original description.

Previous record. This species was recorded from “ 70 km NE Saigon ” (= Dong Nai) by Lelej et al. (2016).

Distribution. India. Laos. Myanmar. Vietnam: Gia Lai *, Dak Lak *, Ninh Thuan *, Dong Nai.

Occurrence in Vietnam. May, June, August, October. Southern Annamites montane rain forests, Southern Vietnam lowland dry forests, and Southeast Indochina dry evergreen forests ecoregions. 90–834 m alt.

Sex association. Female unknown.

Remarks. This species has been recorded from various lowland forest ecoregions of the Oriental Region.

RMNH

National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mutillidae

Genus

Promecidia

Loc

Promecidia birmanica ( Dalla Torre, 1897 )

Okayasu, Juriya, Lelej, Arkady S., Williams, Kevin A., Brabant, Craig M., Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong, Nguyen, Anh Duc, Pham, Thai Hong & Truong, Tuong Thi Cat 2025
2025
Loc

Promecidia birmanica

Thaochan, N. & Williams, K. A. & Thoawan, K. & Jeenthong, T. & Sittichaya, W. 2022: 164
Lelej, A. S. & Zhou, H. - T. & Loktionov, V. M. & Xu, Z. - F. 2016: 109
2016
Loc

Mutilla birmanica

Dalla Torre, C. G. de 1897: 16
1897
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