Neotrogaspidia Lelej, 1996

Lelej, A. S., 2024, REVIEW OF THE VELVET ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: MUTILLIDAE) OF WALLACEA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LOMBOK, INDONESIA, Far Eastern Entomologist 504, pp. 1-25 : 14-15

Genus Neotrogaspidia Lelej, 1996

DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION. The nine species of this genus are distributed in Australasian, Oriental and Palaearctic regions ( Okayasu, 2023), four of them are known from Wallacea .

Key to males of the Wallacean species Females known for N. serafica (T2 without spots) and N. menadoensis (T2 with two spots)

1. Right penis valve with inner hook-like projection, giving posteriorly bifid appearance .... ............................................................................................................................................ 2

– Right penis valve incurved, without inner projection ....................................................... 3

2. Metasomal segments 1–3 and anterior half of segment 4 black and the remaining segments red ................................................................................... N. haemarrhoa ( Zavattari, 1914)

– Metasomal segments 1–5 red and the remaining segments black ..................................... ............................................................................................ N. tricarinata ( Zavattari, 1907)

3. Metasomal segments 1–3 and usually anterior half of segment 4 red and remaining segments black. Mandibles dorsally with high carina on proximal half ............................. ................................................................................................ N. serafica ( Zavattari, 1914)

– Metasomal segments 1–5 red and remaining segments black. Mandibles dorsally without high carina on proximal half ............................................. N. menadoensis ( Mickel, 1935)