Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899

Genus Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899

Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899: 55 , 58, ♂, ♀; André 1901: 329 (as subgenus), ♂, ♀; 1902: 28, ♂, ♀; Bischoff 1920: 245, ♂, ♀; Mickel 1933: 301, ♀; 1935: 199, ♀, ♂; Nonveiller, 1997: 85, ♂, ♀; Lelej 2002: 106, 2005: 114; Lelej & Brothers 2008: 40 View Cited Treatment ; Das & Girish Kumar 2015: 113, ♀; Das et al. 2017: 373, ♀; Okayasu et al. 2018: 320, ♀; Williams et al. 2019: 30 View Cited Treatment , ♀; Lelej et al. 2020: 192 View Cited Treatment , ♂, ♀; Pagliano et al. 2020: 217; Lelej 2023: 2 View Cited Treatment , ♀; 2024: 6; Terine & Girish Kumar 2024: 132, ♂, ♀; Boutin & Vilhelmsen 2024: Figure S1.

Peringueya Ashmead, 1903: 327 , 329, ♂, ♀ ( type species Mutilla erinnys Péringuey, 1898 , ♂, by original designation). Junior subjective synonym of Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 , according to Bischoff, 1920: 245.

Radoszkowskius Ashmead, 1903: 327 , 328, ♂, ♀ (type species Mutilla simplicifascia Sichel & Radoszkowski, 1869 , ♀, ♂; lectotype ♀, designated by Lelej, 1996: 92) by original designation, Junior subjective synonym of Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899 , according to André, 1904: 36 and confirmed by Lelej & Brothers, 2008: 52 View Cited Treatment .

Type species. Odontomutilla abbottii Ashmead, 1899 by original designation (= Mutilla saussurei Sichel & Radoszkowski, 1869 , according to André 1901: 329), Afrotropical region.

Diagnosis. Female. Mesonotum laterally expanded to tooth or tubercle. T1 broadly disciform. T2 with large deep anterolateral pubescent fovea or linear felt line. MALE. Mesoscutellum bidentate posteriorly. Propodeum with posterolateral corners angulate or dentate. T1 broadly disciform. Both sexes of Odontomutilla are larger-bodied ( 8–18 mm) than the structurally similar Yamanetilla Lelej, 1996 ( 6–9 mm).

Species included and distribution. Currently this genus is composed of 100 valid species and 17 valid subspecies distributed mainly in the Afrotropical (59 species and 13 subspecies) and Oriental (35 species and three subspecies) regions, with four species and one subspecies in the Australian and two species in the Palaearctic regions ( Pagliano et al. 2020, updated; Lelej et al. 2020; Lelej 2023; Terine & Girish Kumar 2024; and current data) ( Table 1). Sixteen taxa have been named by Nonveiller (1975) for Afrotropical fauna, but never described ( nomina nuda).