Skorikovia pallipes ( Lelej, 1985 )

Lelej, Arkady S., 2024, Revision of the Palaearctic genus Skorikovia Ovtchinnikov, 2002 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Zootaxa 5529 (1), pp. 52-72 : 64

5. Skorikovia pallipes ( Lelej, 1985)

Smicromyrme (Nemka) pallipes Lelej, 1985: 216 , 243, ♂, holotype, Iran, Khorasan, 16.VI.1901, H. Zarudny [at this day the specimens were collected in the Iran, Prov. Sistan and Baluchestan, mouth of the River Helmand, village Margu on left side of New Helmand River ( Zarudny 1916)] [ZIN], examined.

Skorikovia pallipes : Ovtchinnikov 2002: 95, ♂; Lelej 2002: 64, ♂; Lelej & Osten 2004: 257, ♂; Pagliano et al. 2020: 187, ♂.

Diagnosis. MALE. Antenna and legs pale yellow. Ocelli medial size, POD:OOD 1.4 ×. Clypeus medially weakly elevated, anterior border without denticles. F2 2.0 × F1 and somewhat longer than F3. Mesopleuron without precoxal denticle. T7 smooth apically. Cuspis of volsella thin, long. Body length 6.5 mm. FEMALE. Unknown.

Material examined. (2♂). Type material. Holotype of Smicromomyrme pallipes Lelej. Additional material. Iran: Hormozgan, 10 km W Gawbandi, 27º16'N 55º56'E, 250 m, 28.VI.2001, 1♂, T. Osten [ SMNS] .

Distribution. Iran (Sistan and Baluchestan, Hormozgan).

Remarks. This species occupies an isolated position in the genus Skorikovia due to the very light color of the body and the presence of genitalia with a long, narrow cuspis, making the volsella similar to the males of the genus Rasnitsynitilla Lelej in Lelej & van Harten, 2006, from which it differs by the non-shortened wings with a welldeveloped pterostigma and veins.