Dentilla purcharti 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 : 305-307

11. Dentilla purcharti Lo Cascio, Romano & Grita, 2012

Dentilla purcharti Lo Cascio, Romano & Grita, 2012: 534 , figs 6–11(!), ♂, holotype, ♂, Yemen, Socotra Island / Dixam plateau / Firmihin ( Dracaena forest) / 12°28.5′N, 54°01.1′E, 490 m / J. Bezděk leg., 15-16.XI.2010 [NMPC]; Gadallah et al. 2020: 145 ; Pagliano et al. 2020: 171.

Diagnosis. MALE. POD:OOD ratio 0.8 × and more, ocelli medial. Upper carina of mandible high. Longitudinal carina between antennal tubercles and base of clypeus well developed First subbasal tooth of mandible inside with long carina approximately equal to distance from base of carina to mandibular base. Second subbasal tooth of mandible located closer to first subbasal tooth than apical tooth. Distance between lateral ocelli and occipital carina 1.73 × POD. Body length 6.9–12.3 mm. FEMALE. Unknown.

Material examined. No specimens examined.

Distribution. Yemen ( Socotra, Samha).

Natural history. The species occurs from the coastal belt up to 1000 m and has been found in several different habitats, including sandy or rocky coastal plains, succulent and open deciduous shrublands of inland sheltered valleys, and Dracaena woodlands ( Lo Cascio et al. 2012).

Remarks. In the legend of the figures ( Lo Cascio et al. 2012), fig. 11 belongs to D. purcharti and not to D. ehrenbergi (M. Romano per. comm.). The female of D. socotrana (holotype) and four males of D. purcharti were collected by J. Batelka (7–8.XI.2010, Wadi Ayhaft, 200 m), and I am sure that they belong to the same species. There is no direct evidence (pair collected in copula) to support this relationship.