New species and new records of mutillid wasps from the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
Lo Cascio Pietro, Romano Marcello, Grita Flavia
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(supplementum 2): 525-544, 2012
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Abstract: The present paper provides new data on the mutillid fauna of the Socotra
Archipelago (Yemen). The genera Myrmilla Wesmael, 1851, Strangulotilla
Nonveiller, 1979, Macromyrme Lelej, 1984, and Dentilla Lelej, 1980 are recorded
for the first time. Four new species are described: Strangulotilla dioscoridea
sp. nov., Macromyrme bezdeki sp. nov., Dentilla purcharti sp. nov., and Dentilla
socotrana sp. nov. On the whole, seven specific taxa have been listed for
Socotra Island, two of which inhabit also Samha Island. The archipelago harbours
mainly Ethiopian, but also some Palaearctic elements, confirming its
significance as crossroad of these biogeographical realms.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Dentilla, Macromyrme, Myrmilla, Strangulotilla, taxonomy, new species, new records, biogeography, Yemen, Socotra