Sinotilla boheana ( Chen, 1957 )

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 : 51-52

Sinotilla boheana ( Chen, 1957)

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Smicromyrme cyaneiventris boheana Chen, 1957: 204 , ♂, holotype ♂ ( Tachulan [= Dazhulan ], Shaowu, Fukien [= Fujian], China) [unknown].

Sinotilla boheana : Lelej 1995b: 19, ♂; Lelej 2005: 54; Hua 2006: 300; Okayasu 2017: 152; Okayasu 2020: 89; Pagliano et al. 2020: 186; Lelej & Williams 2023: 105, ♂.

Material examined. 8♂. Vietnam: LAO CAI: Phuc Khanh, Bao Yen , 5.IV.2024, Malaise trap [1♂ IEBR] ; TUYEN QUANG: tributary of Gam River 7km NE Pac Ban [= Thác Pác Ban], 25.V–02.VI.1996, D.C. Currie, D.C. Darling & J. Swann leg., ROM 963079 [1♂ ROM] ; VINH PHUC: Tam Dao , 500 m alt., 24.V.1997, R. Matsumoto leg.

[ 1♂ OMNH]; Phuc Yen dist., Ngoc Thanh comm., Me Linh Biodiversity Station , 21°23'03"N 105°42'40"E, 70 m, 30.IX.2021, T.D. Duong & T.X. Thanh leg., Malaise trap (MT1) [1♂ IEBR]; THUA THIEN HUE: Bach Ma NP, Entrance, 16.250°N 107.873°E, 50 m alt., 2–5.VIII.2016, T. Mita leg., yellow pan trap, 253/BTTNVN [1♂ VNMN]; Bach Ma NP, Rhododendron trail, 16.192°N 107.849°E, 1100 m alt., 3–6.VIII.2016, Y. Komeda & T. Mita leg., yellow pan trap, 253/BTTNVN [1♂ VNMN]; Bach Ma NP, Rhododendron trail, 16.192°N 107.849°E, 1100 m alt., 5.VIII.2016, Y. Komeda leg., sweeping, 253/BTTNVN [1♂ VNMN]; GIA LAI: Kon Ka Kinh National Park , 30.VI.2023, A. Tinh leg. [1♂ IEBR] .

Identification source. Keyed using Chen (1957) and compared with description in Lelej (1995b).

Previous record. This species was recorded from Ha Son Binh (now Hoa Binh) by Lelej (1995b).

Distribution. China. Vietnam: Lao Cai *, Tuyen Quang *, Vinh Phuc *, Hoa Binh, Thua Thien Hue*, Gia Lai *.

Occurrence in Vietnam. April to June, August to October. South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests, Northern Indochina subtropical forests, Northern Vietnam lowland rain forests, and Southern Annamites montane rain forests ecoregions. 50–1100 m alt. Forest.

Sex association. Female unknown.

Remarks. In coloration, this species is similar to Si. hong Lelej, 1995 below but is distinguished primarily by absence of the notaulus. The unique type of this species was not found in TARI, where Chen’s types are presently deposited (JO pers. obs.).