Sinotilla hong Lelej, 1995

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 : 52

Sinotilla hong Lelej, 1995

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Sinotilla hong Lelej, 1995b: 20 , ♂, holotype ♂ (Yuping, Yunnan, China) [ZMMU]; Lelej 2005: 55; Okayasu 2017: 152; Okayasu 2020: 89, ♂; Pagliano et al. 2020: 186.

Material examined. 6♂. Vietnam: LAO CAI: Bat Xat, Y Ty, Sim San, 22°37'48.0"N 103°34'52.0"E, 1342 m, 2.VIII.2019, NTPL [= Nguyen Thi Phuong Lien], NQC [= Nguyen Quang Cuong] & TTN [= Tran Thi Ngat] leg. [1♂ IEBR] ; DIEN BIEN: Tua Chua, Xa Nhe, 21°52'35"N 103°24'46"E, 12.IV.2022, D.T. Hoa leg. [1♂ IEBR] ; VINH PHUC: Ngoc Thanh, Me Linh Bio-Station , 22°16'51"N 105°71'54"E, 10.IV.2021, IED [= Insect Ecology Department] leg., (MT) [= Malaise trap] [1♂ IEBR] ; DAK LAK: Chu Yang Sin NP, near river, 740 m, 1–10.VI.2007, C. van Achterberg & R. de Vries, malaise [1♂, RMNH] ; DONG NAI: Cat Tien NP, Ficus Trail , 100 m, 9–30.IV.2007, M.P. Quy & N.T. Manh leg., malaise [1♂, RMNH] ; Cat Tien NP, garden, 100 m, 13–20.V.2007, C. van Achterberg & R. de Vries leg., malaise [1♂, RMNH] .

Identification source. Compared with the original description ( Lelej 1995b).

Previous record. None.

Distribution. China. Vietnam *: Lao Cai, Dien Bien, Vinh Phuc, Dak Lak, Dong Nai.

Occurrence in Vietnam. April to June, August. South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests, Northern Indochina subtropical forests, Southern Annamites montane rain forests, and Southeast Indochina dry evergreen forests ecoregions. 100–1342 m alt.

Sex association. Female unknown.

Remarks. The Vietnamese specimens slightly vary in the leg coloration from entirely black to black with various portions orange.