taxonID	type	description	language	source
FD7A87A5CD7173139CFFFC0FFE68454E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. MALE (alate or apterous). Eye with few short setae visible under high magnification or asetose. Mesoscutellum apex produced and overhanging metanotum. Propodeum dorsally with three very weakly defined anterior fields and many reticulations forming mini fields over posterior half. S 2 with well developed lateral felt line; T 2 with short lateral felt line. FEMALE. Eye with few short setae visible under high magnification or asetose. S 2 with lateral felt line. T 2 lacking felt line. Propodeum with disc and declivity smoothly merging, without any lateral transverse carinae and with two or more posterolateral teeth or spines. T 6 with distinct glabrous pygidial area.	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD7173139CFFFC0FFE68454E.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The tribe is Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic in distribution with three valid genera: Eosmicromyrmilla Lelej & Krombein, 2001, ♂, ♀; Hindustanilla Lelej in Lelej & Krombein, 2001, ♂, ♀ in the Oriental Region, and Smicromyrmilla Suárez, 1965, ♂, ♀ in the Palaearctic (two species) and Afrotropical (15 species) Regions. A monotypic genus Cameronilla Lelej in Lelej & Krombein, 2001 was previously described in the tribe Smicromyrmillini. Recently (Brothers et al. 2019), it was discovered that the holotype of Mutilla oedipus Cameron, 1897, type species of Cameronilla, belongs to the genus Spilomutilla Ashmead, 1903 from the subfamily Myrmillinae. It is distinct from other species of Spilomutilla in that the male has a strong dorsal median sharp spine on the propodeum. This character, and the three posterior setal spots on T 2 resemble the apterous male of Hindustanilla indica Lelej in Lelej & Krombein, 2001 (Ticoplinae), leading to Cameronilla mistakenly being described in that subfamily. Cameronilla Lelej in Lelej & Krombein, 2001 became a junior subjective synonym of Spilomutilla Ashmead, 1903 and M. oedipus Cameron is a valid species in Spilomutilla. According to Pagliano et al. (2020) the genus Smicromyrmilla numbers 28 species, 10 of them are nomina nuda, eight were initially described in Nanomutilla André, 1900 (Bischoff 1920, Arnold 1960), two in Ctenotilla Bischoff, 1920 (Bischoff 1921), two in Odontotilla Bischoff, 1920 (Arnold 1956) and two in Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758 (André 1896, Péringuey 1898).	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD7273169CFFFB55FD49431E.taxon	materials_examined	Type species Eosmicromyrmilla srilankiensis Lelej & Krombein, 2001 (♂, ♀; holotype is ♂), by original designation.	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD7273169CFFFB55FD49431E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. MALE. Ratio of pedicel and F 1 - 3 length 1.0: 1.1: 2.0: 2.3. Mesoscutellum apex produced and overhanging metanotum, rounded or curved (not acuminate). Lateral and posterior propodeal faces separated by wavy carina or carina with teeth (in type species). S 6 with deep median narrow emargination. Median longitudinal emargination of S 8 (hypopygium) carinated laterally and narrowed basally with notch in mid part of carina; wide part of median emargination two thirds of S 8 total length. Basal ring of genitalia (cupula, gonocardo) longer than paramere. Volsella lamellate. Body black or with mesosoma mostly red. FEMALE. Medial smooth shiny area of T 6 reaching the base, laterally not carinated. Lateral propodeal face microsculptured, not reticulate. Mid and hind tibia with weak spines dorsally. Gender. Feminine. Sex association. The type species was described from both sexes (Lelej & Krombein 2001). Species included. Eosmicromyrmilla srilankiensis Lelej & Krombein, 2001, ♂, ♀ (Sri Lanka); E. chinensis Lelej in Lelej & Krombein, 2001, ♀ (China: Yunnan); E. pulawskii Lelej, 2005, ♀ (India: Maharashtra); E. margalla (Lelej & Ullah, 2007), comb. nov., ♂ (Pakistan: Islamabad). With the present description of two new species, Eosmicromyrmilla now includes six Oriental species. A key to known species is presented below. The re-analysis of Smicromyrmilla margalla shows that it differs from true Smicromrymilla in the following characters: lateral carina of median narrow longitudinal emargination of S 8 with notch, S 6 with median narrow emargination, and apex of mesoscutellum rounded. This is why S. margalla is here transferred to the genus Eosmicromyrmilla. Natural history. Eosmicromyrmilla srilankiensis is an abundant and widespread species in Sri Lanka. The occurrence per months of 159 specimens collected in 1970, 1976 - 1981, 1993 are presented in Figure 1. The species is widespread in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka, mostly at low elevations (Fig. 2). One female and two males were collected in the leaf litter in Hambantota District.	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD7473149CFFFE97FB61401A.taxon	description	(Figs 3 – 11, 21 – 23)	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD7473149CFFFE97FB61401A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. MALE. Clypeus convex, punctate, without preapical groove. Pronotum anterodorsally transversely striate, posterodorsally sparsely punctate. Metapleuron dorsally transversely striate, mid and ventral part smooth. Lateral propodeal face reticulate with smooth portion adjacent to metapleuron. S 6 strongly concave posteriorly with median narrow emargination almost half the length of visible (punctured) part of S 6. S 7 hidden. Apical part of paramere almost two times longer than paramere base (lateral view), compressed bilaterally, downcurved and pointed apically; paramere outside basally with long dense whitish setae. Penis valve without tooth preapically. FEMALE. Unknown.	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD7473149CFFFE97FB61401A.taxon	description	Description. MALE. Body length 5.55 – 7.40 mm (holotype 7.04 mm). Coloration and setation. Body black. Ocellar triangle with sparse subappressed white and black setae. Mandible black, preapically brownish. Clypeus with long dense, recumbent white setae. Legs black, mid and hind tibial spurs white, fore tibial spurs brownish. Mandible, frons, vertex and genae with scattered recumbent white setae mixed with few erect black setae. Mesosoma with sparse, recumbent and erect white setae, denser on mesopleuron, mixed with sparse erect black setae on pronotum, mesoscutum and mesoscutellum; mesopleuron with dense white setae above mid coxa. Legs with recumbent and erect white setae. Metasomal segments 1 – 4 with scattered long, erect whitish setae, T 2 disc and T 5 – 7 with sparse long black setae. T 1 – 4 and S 2 – 5 with white apical fringe. S 6 and S 8 with black setae mixed with few white setae. Head. Almost oval (frontal view), not elongated behind eyes, head width 1.16 × maximum pronotal width. Ocelli small, POL 0.55 × OOL. Mandible tridentate, without sub-basal inner tubercle. Ratio of pedicel and F 1 - 3 length 1.0: 1.3: 2.7: 2.7. Clypeus convex, punctate, without preapical groove. Mesosoma. Pronotum anterodorsally transversely striate, posterodorsally sparsely punctate, laterally mostly rugulose, pronotal carina strongly developed anteriorly. Mesoscutum sparsely punctate, with parapsidal furrows, notauli lacking. Mesoscutellum produced and overhanging metanotum, posterior margin slightly emarginated, mesoscutellum reticulate, reticulae smaller than on posterior propodeal face. Mesopleuron rugose to reticulate, tegula with smooth disc and few punctures marginally. Metapleuron in dorsal half transversely rugose, mid and ventral part smooth. Propodeal lateral face reticulate with smooth part adjacent to metapleuron. Dorsal and posterior propodeal faces reticulate, reticulae size larger towards metapostnotum, posterior and lateral propodeal faces separated by wavy carina. Wings. Forewing evenly setose, hyaline except brownish apical third, veins brown, veins distal of cells nebulose; two submarginal cells, second submarginal cell petiolate with marginal cell and smaller than marginal cell, marginal cell with four abscissae. Metasoma. T 1 maximum width 0.75 × T 2 maximum width, T 1 length 0.5 × T 2 length, T 1 not constricted posteriorly. T 2 with short lateral felt line, S 2 with long lateral felt lines. S 6 strongly concave posteriorly with median narrow emargination almost half the length of visible (punctured) part of S 6. S 7 hidden, not visible. S 8 (hypopygium) with median longitudinal narrow emargination which carinated laterally and narrowed basally, with notch on half of carina, and oblique carina from notch to latero-basal corner of S 8, densely punctate laterad of emargination. Genitalia. Apical part of paramere almost two times longer than paramere base (lateral view), compressed bilaterally, downcurved and pointed apically; paramere outside basally with long dense whitish setae, apically with sparse whitish setae. Penis valve lamellate, apically rounded, without preapical tooth. Volsella lamellate, ventrally and apically with long yellowish setae. Paratypes. Similar to the holotype except one paratype from Karnataka has the mesopleuron with dense setae obscuring the reticulations. Body length: 5.55 mm. FEMALE. Unknown.	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD7473149CFFFE97FB61401A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype ♂, INDIA, Goa, North Goa district, Madei Wildlife Sanctuary, 15 ° 35 ′ 48 ″ N 74 ° 11 ′ 16 ″ E, 800 m, 15. V. 2018, coll. P. Girish Kumar & party, ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 15049 [ZSIK]. Paratypes. INDIA: Goa, North Goa district, Madei Wildlife Sanctuary, 15 ° 35 ′ 48 ″ N 74 ° 11 ′ 16 ″ E, 800 m, 15. V. 2018, 5 ♂, coll. P. Girish Kumar & party, ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 15050 - 15054 [ZSIK]; North Goa district, Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, 15.4401 ° N 74.1064 ° E, 914.4 m, 16. V. 2018, 3 ♂, coll. P. Girish Kumar & party, ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 15055 - 15057 [ZSIK]. Karnataka, Chikmagalur district, Bygoor, Kabbinahalli coffee estate, 13 ° 21 ′ 05 ″ N 75 ° 42 ′ 23 ″ E, 1208 m, 16. V. 2018, 1 ♂, coll. P. Girish Kumar & party, ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 15058 [ZSIK].	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD7473149CFFFE97FB61401A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Goa, Karnataka.	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD7473149CFFFE97FB61401A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named in honor of Kumarapuram A. Subramanian (nickname subbuka), Scientist-E & Officer-in-Charge (Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Tamil Nadu, India) for his contribution to aquatic insect taxonomy and encouragement for this study. Treat as a noun in apposition.	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD76731B9CFFFD93FD78438A.taxon	description	(Figs 12 – 20, 24 – 26)	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD76731B9CFFFD93FD78438A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. MALE. Clypeus convex, punctate, with preapical groove. Pronotum conspicuously reticulate. Metapleuron dorsally transversely striate, mid and ventral part with weak rugae and few punctures. Lateral propodeal face reticulate with weak rugae adjacent to metapleuron. Lateral and posterior propodeal faces separated by wavy sub-dentate carina. S 6 posteriorly with strong angulate concavity and median narrow emargination almost half the length of visible (punctured) part of S 6. S 7 partly visible. Apical part of paramere 1.5 times longer than paramere base (lateral view), compressed bilaterally, downcurved and pointed apically; paramere outside with few short whitish setae. Penis valve lamellate, apically rounded, with blunt tooth preapically. FEMALE. Unknown.	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD76731B9CFFFD93FD78438A.taxon	description	Description. MALE. Body length 5.79 – 8.27 (holotype 8.27 mm). Coloration and setation. Body black. Ocellar triangle with sparse subappressed black and white setae. Mandibles black with small preapical brownish spot. Clypeus with long dense recumbent white setae. Legs black, mid and hind tibial spurs white, fore tibial spurs brownish. Mandible, frons, vertex and genae with scattered recumbent white setae mixed with few erect black setae. Mesosoma with sparse, recumbent and erect white setae, which denser on mesopleuron, mixed with sparse erect black setae on pronotum, mesoscutum and mesoscutellum. Mesopleuron with dense white setae above mid coxa. Legs with recumbent and erect white setae. Metasomal segments 1 – 4 with scattered long, erect white setae, T 2 disc and T 5 – 7 with sparse long black setae. T 1 – 4 and S 2 – 5 with apical fringe of white setae. S 6 with long white erect setae mixed with shorter recumbent black setae, S 8 with long erect brownish setae mixed with shorter recumbent black setae. Head. Almost oval (frontal view), not elongated behind eyes, head width 1.13 × maximal pronotal width. Ocelli small, POL 0.55 × OOL. Mandible tridentate, without sub-basal inner tubercle. Ratio of pedicel and F 1 – 3 length 1.0: 1.2: 3.3: 3.3. Clypeus convex, punctate, with preapical groove. Mesosoma. Pronotum densely punctate, laterally mostly rugulose, anteriorly pronotal carina strongly developed. Mesoscutum sparsely punctate, with parapsidal furrows, notauli lacking. Mesoscutellum produced and overhanging metanotum, posterior margin slightly emarginated, mesoscutellum reticulate, reticulae size smaller than on propodeal posterior face. Mesopleuron rugose to densely punctate; tegula with smooth disc and large punctures anteriorly and posteriorly. Metapleuron transversely striate dorsally, mid and ventral part with weak rugae and few punctures. Lateral propodeal face reticulate with weak rugae adjacent to metapleuron. Dorsal and posterior propodeal faces reticulate, reticulae size larger towards metapostnotum, posterior and lateral propodeal faces separated by wavy carina. Wings. Forewing evenly setose, hyaline except brownish apical third, veins brown, veins distal of cell nebulose; two submarginal cells, second submarginal cell petiolate with marginal cell and smaller than marginal cell, marginal cell with four abscissae. Metasoma. T 1 maximum width 0.75 × T 2 maximum width, T 1 length 0.57 × T 2 length, T 1 not constricted posteriorly. T 2 with short lateral felt line, S 2 with long lateral felt lines. S 6 posteriorly with strong angulate concavity and median narrow emargination almost half the length of visible (punctured) part of S 6. S 7 partly visible. S 8 (hypopygium) with median longitudinal narrow emargination which carinated laterally and narrowed basally, with notch near apical third of carina, and oblique carina from notch to latero-basal corner of S 8, densely punctate laterad of emargination. Genitalia. Apical part of paramere 1.5 times longer than paramere base (lateral view), compressed bilaterally, downcurved and pointed apically; paramere outside with few short whitish setae. Penis valve lamellate, apically rounded, with blunt tooth preapically. Volsella lamellate, ventrally and apically with long yellowish setae. Paratypes. Body length 5.79 – 6.34 mm; white setae denser at gena. FEMALE. Unknown.	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD76731B9CFFFD93FD78438A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype ♂, INDIA, Kerala, Wayanad district, Muthanga, Ponkuzhi, 11 ° 41 ' 20.01 " N 76 ° 23 ′ 26.38 ″ E, 844 m, 7. II. 2021, coll. K. A. Subramanian & party, ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 17651 [ZSIK]. Paratypes. INDIA: Kerala, Wayanad district, Edavambam, 11 ° 40 ′ 56.42 ″ N 76 ° 20 ′ 17.00 ″ E, 876 m, 20. II. 2021, 2 ♂, K. A. Subramanian & party, ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 17652 - 17653 [ZSIK].	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD76731B9CFFFD93FD78438A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala.	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
FD7A87A5CD76731B9CFFFD93FD78438A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named in honor of Balakrishnan Valappil for his dedication to the study of natural history and taxonomy of Indian Lepidoptera.	en	Lelej, Arkady S., Terine, Joshua B., Kumar, Girish P. (2021): New species of Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from India. Zootaxa 5052 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6
