Promecilla levinaris ( Chen, 1957 )

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 : 48-49

Promecilla levinaris ( Chen, 1957)

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:99AB8A2B-15C3-48BB-9EF8-1B1596ADD59E

( Figs 16E, 16F)

Smicromyrme levinaris Chen, 1957: 207 , ♂, holotype ♂ (Yungan [= Yong’an], Fukien [= Fujian], China) [TARI]; Lelej 2005: 61; Hua 2006: 301.

Promecilla levinaris : Zhou et al. 2018a: 26, ♂; Pagliano et al. 2020: 183.

Material examined. 1♂. Vietnam: DONG NAI: Nam Cat Tien National Park, Bau Sau , 1.V.2010, V. Zryanin leg. [1♂ IBSS] .

Identification source. Compared with type [ TARI] .

Previous record. None.

Distribution. China. Vietnam *: Dong Nai.

Occurrence in Vietnam. May. Southeast Indochina dry evergreen forests ecoregion.

Sex association. Female unknown.

Remarks. This species is much rarer than the more widespread Promecilla species, Pr. decora . Only five male specimens have been recognized previously ( Chen 1957; Zhou et al. 2018a), and the specimen examined herein represents the southernmost record of this species.

Genus Sinotilla Lelej, 1995

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:00A7AEE2-AB00-4546-8686-1450DCB792CA

Sinotilla Lelej, 1995b: 18 , ♂ ♀; Lelej 2002: 63; Lelej 2005: 54; Lelej & Brothers 2008: 55 ; Okayasu 2017: 152 , ♀; Okayasu 2020: 87 , ♂ ♀; Lelej & Williams 2023: 125, ♂ ♀. Type species: Smicromyrme cyaneiventris boheana Chen, 1957 (♂), by original designation.

Diversity and distribution. This genus predominantly occurs in the Oriental Region and reaches the Palaearctic part of China. Twenty-one species are included (Lelej 2005; Okayasu 2020; Pagliano et al. 2020).

Remarks. Identification keys to the males with a ventral mandibular lobe and to females were provided by Okayasu (2017, 2020).