Krombeinidia subfossata ( 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 : 60-61

Krombeinidia subfossata ( Chen, 1957)

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Smicromyrme subfossata Chen, 1957: 188 , ♂, holotype ♂ ( Suipeichieh [= Shui Pei Kai ], Shaowu, Fukien [= Fujian], China)

[TARI]. Petersenidia subfossata : Lelej & Yamane 1992: 629. Krombeinidia subfossata : Lelej 1996b: 14, ♂; Lelej 2005: 67; Hua 2006: 300; Lo Cascio 2015: 551; Pagliano et al. 2020: 251;

Pagliano & Scaramozzino 2021: 123, ♂; Thaochan et al. 2022: 163, ♂; Barthélémy & Guénard 2025: 77, ♂.

Material examined. 3♂. Vietnam: DONG NAI: Cat Tien NP, eco-trail, 100 m, 13–20.V.2007, C. van Achterberg & R. de Vries leg., malaise [1♂ RMNH]; Cat Tien NP, Ficus trail, 100 m, 1–9.X.2005, C. van Achterberg & R. de Vries leg., malaise [2♂ RMNH] .

Identification source. Compared with type [ TARI] .

Previous record. This species was recorded from Gia Lai by Lelej (1996b).

Distribution. China. Malaysia. Thailand. Vietnam: Gia Lai, Dong Nai *.

Occurrence in Vietnam. May, July, October. Southern Vietnam lowland dry forests and Southeast Indochina dry evergreen forests ecoregions. 100 m alt.

Sex association. Female unknown.

Remarks. This could be the male of Krombeinidia griseomaculata , but there are likely to be additional undescribed morphospecies of both sexes present in Vietnam.

Genus Neotrogaspidia Lelej, 1996

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Neotrogaspidia Lelej, 1996b: 20 , ♂ ♀; Lelej 2002: 82; Lelej 2005: 79; Lelej & Brothers 2008: 39 ; Pagliano et al. 2020: 253; Okayasu 2023a: 2, ♂ ♀. Type species: Mutilla pustulata Smith, 1873 (♀), by original designation.

Diversity and distribution. This genus includes nine species ( Lelej 2002, 2005, 2024; Brothers 2022; Okayasu 2023a). Eight species occur in East Asia including Wallacea and one species is known from Central Asia.

Remarks. Northeast Asian species of this genus were reviewed by Okayasu (2023a), in which an identification key to all Neotrogaspidia species was provided.