Andreimyrme yotoi Okayasu, 2021

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 : 37-38

Andreimyrme yotoi Okayasu, 2021

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Andreimyrme yotoi Okayasu in Okayasu et al., 2021b: 29, ♀, holotype ♀ ( Cuc Phuong National Park , Nho Quan, Ninh Binh, Vietnam) [ VNMN]; Boutin & Vilhelmsen 2024: supplementary table S2, S3, ♀ .

Material examined. 1♀. Holotype ♀: Vietnam: NINH BINH: Nho Quan , Cuc Phuong N. P., 20.348°N 105.598°E, 500 m, 9–11.VIII.2016, Y. Komeda & T. Mita leg., yellow pan trap, 314/BTTNVN [ VNMN].

Identification source. Voucher specimen ( Okayasu et al. 2021b).

Previous record. This species was described from Ninh Binh in Okayasu et al. (2021b).

Distribution. Laos. Vietnam: Ninh Binh.

Occurrence in Vietnam. August. Northern Vietnam lowland rain forests ecoregion. 500 m alt.

Sex association. Male unknown.

Remarks. This species stands out from other Vietnamese Andreimyrme females by having a flattened disc of the second metasomal tergum with a triangular shaped mesal setal patch.

Genus Ephucilla Lelej, 1995

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Ephucilla Lelej, 1995b: 10 , ♂; Lelej 2005: 39, ♂ ♀; Lelej & Brothers 2008: 21 ; Okayasu 2020: 62 , ♂ ♀; Pagliano et al. 2020: 171; Lelej & Williams 2023: 112, ♂ ♀. Type species: Mutilla naja Zavattari, 1913 (♂), by original designation.

Diversity and distribution. This genus includes 17 Oriental species (Lelej 2005, 2020; Okayasu 2020). Remarks. Three species-groups were recognized within Ephucilla based on the male morphology by Lelej

(1995b). Identification keys to males of the naja group and all females of the genus were provided by Okayasu (2020). Ephucilla species are found in tropical forests and females are arboreal ( Okayasu 2020, 2021b). Ephucilla bacbo and E. viet are rarely found likely due to their small body size and cryptic behavior and habitats.