Macroocula nitida ( Bischoff, 1920 )

Gadallah, Neveen S., Soliman, Ahmed M., Al-Shahat, Ahmed M. & Hossni, Mohammed T., 2015, The genus Macroocula Panfilov in Egypt, with two new species (Hymenoptera: Bradynobaenidae: Apterogyninae), Zootaxa 4018 (3), pp. 396-410 : 402

Macroocula nitida ( Bischoff, 1920)

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Apterogyna nitida Bischoff, 1920: 42 , ♂, holotype, ♂, Egypt, leg. Ehrenberg [Museum für Naturkunder, Berlin].

Apterogyna Patritzii Invrea var. gastrica Invrea, 1953: 222 , ♂, holotype, ♂, "Sahara Marocc., Maajez, iii.1950, leg. Panouse- Reymond" [ Morocco]. Junior subjective synonym of A. nitida Bischoff, 1920 , according to Pagliano 2002: 174.

Apterogyna Patritzii Invrea var. clara Invrea, 1953: 222 , ♂: holotype, ♂, "Borkou ( Tchad), Gouro, 4.viii.1938 " [Northern Chad]. Junior subjective synonym of A. nitida Bischoff, 1920 , according to Pagliano 2002: 174.

Apterogyna aegyptiaca Invrea, 1960: 203 , ♀: holotype, ♀, Fayed ( Egypt, Ismailia), leg. H. Priesner [?MS]. Junior subjective synonym of A. nitida Bischoff, 1920 , according to Pagliano 2002: 174.

Macroocula nitida nitida: Pagliano 2002: 174 , ♀ ♂.

Material examined. Egypt, 10 ♀, Wadi Khoshb (South Sinai), 25−27.iv.2013, pitfall trap, leg. A.M. Soliman [ CUE]; 2 ♂, M. Matrouh, 20.viii.1955 [ ASUA]; 2 ♂, M. Matrouh, 15.ix.1957 [ ASUA]; Saudi Arabia, 1 ♀, Ibex Reserve National Park [W. Hutet Beni Tamem (180 km. S. Riyadh)], 11.ix.2007, sticky trap, leg. Fadl [ CUE]; 3 ♀, Ibex Reserve National Park, 11.i.2008, pitfall trap, leg. Fadl [ CUE]. Previous records from Egypt. Fayed (Ismailia), Wadi Digla (Cairo), Wadi el-Tih (Sinai) ( Pagliano 2002).

Distribution. Algeria, Egypt, Libya ( Invrea 1951, 1953; Pagliano 2002), Israel, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara ( Invrea 1953, Pagliano 2002), Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia ( Pagliano 2002), Saudi Arabia ( Gadallah et al. 2014).