Macromyrme sinuata (Olivier 1811)

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Mutilla sinuata Olivier 1811: Encyclopedie methodique 8: 58, Ƥ [type locality: "en Perse, aux environs de Kermanshah" (West Iran), syntypes in Mus. Nat. d'Hist. Natur. Paris]; André 1901: 304; 1902b: 34; 1910: 75.

Mutilla villosa Klug 1829: Symb. phys. Dec. 1: [4], N 12, tab. 4, fig. 12, Ƥ. [Type locality: "Ex Syria " (Lebanon, between Tripoli, Beirut and Baalbeck, May 18–Aug. 6 1824 (Baker 1997)) syntypes in Zool. Mus. Berlin]. Synonymized by Sichel & Radoszkowski 1870: 237.

Ronisia sinuata: Bischoff 1920: Arch. Naturg. 86A: 190; Invrea 1965: Mem. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 44: 75, Ƥ.

Macromyrme sinuata: Lelej 2002: Cat. Mutill. Pal.: 41.

Diagnosis. The female of Macromyrme sinuata (Olivier) is similar to that of the new species, M. leleji sp. nov. but can be separated by the following: elevated posterior portion of clypeus weakly tuberculate; venter of F1 flattened basally; posterior propodeal face above with distinct median tubercle; T1 with posteromedian quadrangular spot of pale setae that extends onto T2; setal spots of T2 separated by distance more than their own diameter.

MALE. Unknown.

Material examined. 1 Ƥ, Ghazza (Palestine), 1917 [MAC].

Distribution. Egypt [Pyramids (Giza, Lower Nile Valley), 29°58'34"N 31°6'45"E] (André 1910), Morocco, Iran (west), Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Cyprus.

Host. From the nest of Anthophora Latreille ( Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Israel (Invrea 1965).