Pseudophotopsis aurea ( Klug 1829 )

Lelej, Arkady S. & Harten, Antonius Van, 2006, A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Yemen, Zootaxa 1226, pp. 1-50 : 7

Pseudophotopsis aurea ( Klug 1829)

Mutilla aurea Klug 1829 : [18], tab. 4, fig. 13, Ψ "Ex Habissinia et Arabia deserta" [ Ethiopia and Arabia], syntypes in ZMHU.

Mutilla kassalina Magretti 1898: 42 , ♂, holotype "Kassala" [ Sudan]. New Synonymy.

Pseudophotopsis kassalina: Magretti 1906: 40 , ♂; Bischoff 1920: 99, ♂; Nonveiller 1974: 105, ♂.

Ephutomma continua var. aurea: Magretti 1906: 37 , Ψ ( Eritrea); Bischoff 1920: 151, ♂ ( Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia).

Ephutomma continua aurea: Invrea 1956: 301 , Ψ ( Somalia).

Pseudophotopsis aurea: Nonveiller 1974: 105 , Ψ ( Yemen).

Pseudophotopsis continua arabica Hammer 1962: 2 , Ψ, holotype "Sufean, Lahej, Aden" [ Yemen]. New Synonymy.

Material examined

Yemen: Sanaa, II–III.1998, MT, AvH, 1 Ψ [ ZMAN]; Ta’izz, 26–28.IV. 1998, LT, AvH & A. Awad, 1 ɗ [ ZMAN]; 12 km NW Manakhah, 24.VI–4.VIII.2003, MT, AvH, 1 Ψ [ RMNH].

Distribution

Yemen, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia ( Nonveiller 1974).

Remarks

This is a very distinct species. Golden apical fringes on T2–T 5 in female (T2–T 6 in male) and hypostomal carina shape are common characters for both sexes.