Three new species of velvet ants from the tribe Sicromyrmini (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with unusual color syndrome

Lelej A.S.

Far Eastern Entomologist 2020; (421): 1-9

Ephucilla hejunhuai sp. n. (China: Guangdong), Promecilla ovtchinnikovi sp. n. (Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), and Smicromyrme (Eremotilla) burgeri sp. n. (India: Karnataka) are described and illustrated. These new species have second metasomal tergum with ferruginous-red cuticle, color pattern which approximates Eastern mimicry ring in North America.

DOI 10.25221/fee.421.1

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