Pseudophotopsis caucasica ( Radoszkowski, 1885 )

Lelej, Arkady S., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Maharramov, Mahir M., 2022, A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Azerbaijan, Zootaxa 5155 (1), pp. 61-86 : 64

Pseudophotopsis caucasica ( Radoszkowski, 1885)

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Agama caucasica Radoszkowski, 1885: 37 , fig. 56, ♂, lectotype (designated here), ♂, “60 / CAUCAS[us] / NLOKOS[ Mlokosewitz] / caucasica [handwritten] / Type / Coll. Radosz[owski] / Berlin / Lectotype Agama caucasica Radoszkowski 1885 , B. Petersen des. 1989” [MNHU], examined.

Pseudophotopsis caucasica: Lelej 1980: 642 , ♂, ♀; Pagliano et al. 2020: 20.

Material examined. Azerbaijan: Gobustan, 5 km ZW Jangi , 21.VII.2006, HA, 1♂; Apshron, Kizil-Dash , 28.VIII.2002, HA, 1♀ .

Distribution. Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Armenia, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Israel.

Note. Børge Petersen (unpublished) labelled the specimen in MNHU with Radoszkowski’s “Type” label as the lectotype. Since no validly published lectotype designation has yet been made, we hereby designate the specimen so labelled by Petersen as the lectotype.

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FIGURES 2–10. Labels of the type specimens. 2. Agama caucasica Radoszkowski, 1885, ♂, lectotype [MNHU]; 3. Mutilla armeniaca Kolenati, 1846, ♀, lectotype [NHMW]; 4. M. elongata Radoszkowski, 1885, ♂, lectotype [MNHU]; 5. Ephutomma radoszkovskii Skorikov, 1935, ♂, lectotype [MNHU]; 6. M. arameana var. atrithorax André, 1902, ♂, holotype [NHMW]; 7. M. araratica Radoszkowski, 1890, ♀, lectotype [MNHU]; 8. M. binotata Radoszkowski, 1879, ♀, lectotype [MNHU]; 9. M. villosa Klug, 1829, ♀, lectotype [MNHU]; 10. M. duplex Radoszkowski, 1885, ♂, lectotype [MNHU]. Photos by A. Lelej.