Krombeinidia meeungensis ( Cockerell, 1928 )

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

Krombeinidia meeungensis ( Cockerell, 1928)

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Mutilla meeungensis Cockerell, 1928: 599 , ♀, holotype ♀ (Pah Meeung Mountain [= Pahmeeung Mountain ( Cockerell 1929)],

[Nan], Siam [= Thailand]) [NMNH]. Petersenidia meeungensis : Lelej 2005: 71; Okayasu et al. 2018: 304, ♀. Krombeinidia meeungensis : Williams et al. 2019b: 33, ♀; Pagliano et al. 2020: 251; Boutin & Vilhelmsen 2024: supplementary table S2, S3, ♀.

Material examined. 6♀. Vietnam: GIA LAI: 20 km N Buon Luoi , 3–12.XI.1988, A. Sharkov leg. [4♀ IBSS], 20.XI.1988 [1♀ IBSS] ; DONG NAI: National Park Cat Tien, river Dong Nai , dipterocarp forest, sand near river, 11°26'49"N 107°26'26"E, 26.VIII.2008, V. Zryanin leg. [1♀ IBSS] .

Identification source. Compared with voucher specimens from Thailand ( Williams et al. 2019b) [SKYC].

Previous record. None.

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

Occurrence in Vietnam. August, November. Southern Vietnam lowland dry forests and Southeast Indochina dry evergreen forests ecoregions. Sand near river.

Sex association. Male unknown. In Gia Lai, one undescribed male has been collected at the same place and date as four females and they may belong to the same species .

Remarks. This species was placed in Petersenidia by Lelej (2005), but it has a distinct posterior pale setal band on the second metasomal tergum and belongs in Krombeinidia .