Andreimyrme substriolata ( Chen, 1957 )

Terine, Joshua Benjamin, Das, Dipanwita & Girish Kumar, Puthuvayi, 2024, Occurrence of Andreimyrme substriolata (Chen, 1957) and Odontomutilla fletcheri Lelej, Terine & Girish Kumar, 2020 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) in India, with note on their geographical affinities, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (1), pp. 81-89 : 82-84

Andreimyrme substriolata ( Chen, 1957) ( Figs 1, 2A)

Smicromyrme substriolata Chen, 1957:209 , holotype ♀ (Kuling [= Guling], Kiangsi [= Jiangxi], China) [TARI]; Smicromyrme tridentiens Chen, 1957:213 , holotype ♀ (Tachulan [= Dazhulan], Shaowu, Fukien [= Fujian], China) [TARI]; Synonymized by Okayasu (2020:58) under Andreimyrme substriolata ( Chen, 1957) ; Andreimyrme tridentiens : Lelej, 1995:8, holotype ♀, Lelej, 2005:38; Okayasu et al., 2018:303, ♀; Pagliano et al., 2020:169; Andreimyrme substriolata : Lelej, 1995:9, ♀; Lelej, 2002:50; Lelej, 2005:38; Lo Cascio, 2015:544; Okayasu et al., 2018:303, ♀; Okayasu, 2020:58, ♀; Pagliano et al., 2020:169; Okayasu et al., 2021:22.

Diagnosis. Female. Head ( Figs 1A–1C) black. Antennal tubercles ferruginous. Scape, flagellomeres and mandibles brownish. Mesosoma ( Fig. 1A) ferruginous. Metasoma ( Fig. 1D) black. T2 with basal elongate pale yellowish spot and an apical band of same colour. T3 also with a band of pale yellowish setae. T1, T4 and T5 black. Pygidial plate laterally with pale yellowish setae. S2–S6 ( Fig. 1E) with a fringe of pale yellowish setae. Legs brown except coxa, coxa ferruginous, legs clothed with pale yellowish setae. Head ( Fig. 1B) coarsely punctured, vertex with medial longitudinal carina, slightly extending to frons. Mesosoma dorsum ( Fig. 1B) with large confluent punctures except propodeum, propodeal face reticulo-punctured, lateral face of mesosoma with minute dense punctures. Legs punctate, dense in coxa. T1–T5 ( Fig. 1D) with confluent punctures. S2 ( Fig. 1E) with large punctures, S3–S6 with small punctures throughout. Pygidial plate ( Fig. 1F) finely longitudinally rugose laterally on basal 1/3, medially and apically smooth.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. 1♀, INDIA, Meghalaya, East Garo Hills district, Songsak , 25°33'44.05"N, 90°31'1.72"E, 350 m, 05. V .1979, J.K. Jonathan & party, ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV. 24693 [ ZSIK].

Distribution ( Fig. 2A). India (Meghalaya) [New record], China (Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Taiwan (Kaohsiung, Nantou, Taipei), Indonesia (Sumatra Utara), Japan (Amami Islands, Okinawa Islands), Laos (Houa Phanh, Xiengkhouang), Malaysia (Terengganu), Thailand (Chiang Mai, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phetchabun), Vietnam (Gia Lai, Hanoi, Hoa Binh, Thua Tien-Hue) ( Okayasu et al., 2021).

Variations. According to Okayasu (2020), the body length of A. substriolata 5.85–9.74 mm, the specimen from India (Meghalaya) fits this with a body length of 9.66 mm. Okayasu also points out the variations between the specimens of A. substriolata from Taiwan and other places as in Taiwanese specimens legs are black and the pale spot on T2 is larger, while the specimens from other places have legs more or less red and T2 with smaller spots. From this, we compared the specimen from India, which varies from these two in having patches of brownish tint in mesosoma dorsum and propodeum (mesosoma fully ferruginous in Taiwanese and specimens from other places) but it agrees with Taiwanese specimen in having a larger spot and agrees with females of other localities in having legs more or less red.