Dentilla socotrana Lo Cascio, Romano & Grita, 2012

Lelej, Arkady S., 2025, Revision of the genus Dentilla Lelej in Lelej et Kabakov, 1980 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Zootaxa 5633 (2), pp. 288-315 : 307

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.2.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:71AFB6B1-258E-43F5-A79B-0DC0B915D21B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15435193
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/277E1331-FFBD-FFB5-FF43-213EFAF81334
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Dentilla socotrana Lo Cascio, Romano & Grita, 2012
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12. Dentilla socotrana Lo Cascio, Romano & Grita, 2012

Dentilla socotrana Lo Cascio, Romano & Grita, 2012: 539 View Cited Treatment , figs 14, 15, ♀, holotype, ♀, Yemen, " Socotra Is., Wadi Ayhaft / 12°36.5′N – 53°58.9′E, 200 m / Jan Batelka leg., 7–8.xi.2010 " [NMPC]; Gadallah et al. 2020: 146 View Cited Treatment , ♀. Pagliano et al. 2020: 171.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. A female of Dentilla belonging to the group that includes species without spots of setae on T2, head and mesosoma red. Body length 5.5–6.5 mm. MALE. Unknown (see Remarks to Dentilla purcharti ).

Material examined. No specimens examined.

Distribution. Yemen ( Socotra).

Natural history. Data from labels indicate a broad phenology for this species, extended at least from November to April, and a wide distribution on the island. One of the specimens was collected at Homhil (about 1000 m) in a stony area subject to intensive grazing. Other traits of its biology are still unknown ( Lo Cascio et al. 2012).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Mutillidae
Tribe	Smicromyrmini
Genus	Dentilla