Trogaspidia wilsoni Williams, 2019

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 : 77-79

Trogaspidia wilsoni Williams, 2019

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Trogaspidia wilsoni Williams in Williams et al., 2019b: 43 , ♀, holotype ♀ (12.4 km NNW Krabi, Krabi, Thailand) [CSCA]; Pagliano et al. 2020: 293; Okayasu et al. 2021a: 84, ♀; Boutin & Vilhelmsen 2024: supplementary table S2, S3, ♀.

Material examined. 13♀. Vietnam: LAO CAI: Van Ban, Liem Phu , 450–600 m, 26.IX.2006, K. Eguchi leg. [3♀ SKYC] ; VINH PHUC: Tam Dao , pine forest, 400–500 m, 9.VIII.1998, Sk. Yamane leg. [1♀ SKYC] ; BAC GIANG: Tay Yen To , 21°10'19"N 106°43'16"E, 400 m, 23.V.2004, K. Eguchi leg. [1♀ SKYC] ; QUANG NINH: Dong Kho Island , 21º06'N 107º36'E, 20.III.1987, V. Kuznetzov leg. [3♀ IBSS] ; Phong Vong Island , 20°47'N 107°25'E, 25.III.1987, V. Kuznetzov leg. [1♀ IBSS] ; Madeleine Island , 22.III.1987, V. Kuznetzov leg. [1♀ IBSS] ; GIA LAI: 20 km N Buon Luoi , 23.XI–14.XII.1988, A. Gorochov leg. [1♀ IBSS] ; 20 km N Buon Luoi , 3–12.XI.1988, A. Sharkov leg. [1♀ IBSS] ; Buon Luoi , tropical forest, 29.V.1983, L. Medvedev leg. [1♀ IBSS] .

Identification source. Keyed using Williams et al. (2019b) and compared with the original description.

Previous record. None.

Distribution. Malaysia. Thailand. Vietnam *: Lao Cai, Vinh Phuc, Bac Giang, Quang Ninh, Gia Lai.

Occurrence in Vietnam. March, May, August, September, November, December. South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests, Northern Indochina subtropical forests, and Southern Vietnam lowland dry forests. Tropical forest, pine forest.

Sex association. This species was initially described from the female only. The male was recognized by Williams et al. (2019b) based on a pair in copula but has not been formally associated and described.

Remarks. In the original description, three females from Kanchanaburi, Thailand, were designated as non-type material. They were subsequently identified as Tr. mackieae by Okayasu et al. (2021a).

Genus Wallacidia Lelej & Brothers, 2008 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:6E07EA14-51B6-4799-98C3-51B0C654B5B8

Radoszkowskius Ashmead, 1903 : Lelej 1996b: 17, ♂ ♀; Lelej 2005: 82, ♂ ♀. Misidentification.

Wallacidia Lelej & Brothers, 2008: 64 , ♂ ♀; Pagliano et al. 2020: 294. Type species: Mutilla oculata Fabricius, 1804 (♀), by original designation.

Diversity and distribution. This genus is predominantly Oriental in distribution and reaches the Palaearctic part of China. Twenty-two species are currently known (Lelej 2005; Pagliano et al. 2020).

Remarks. This genus was erected to accommodate Timulla (Trogaspidia) oculata ( Fabricius, 1804) (now Wa. oculata ), Timulla (Trogaspidia) philippinensis ( Smith, 1855) (now Wa. philippinensis ), and their subspecies. Pagden (1949) and O’Toole (1975) provided keys to those subspecies, covering about half the species of the present Wallacidia .