Macromyrme sinuata ( Olivier 1811 )

El-Torkey, Ashraf M., Oshaibah, Alaa Din A., Salem, Magdi M. H., Hosni, Mohammad T., Abdel-Rhman, Abdel-Rhman G. & Soliman, Ahmed M., 2011, Review of the Palaearctic species of Macromyrme Lelej 1984 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with description of a new species from Egypt, Zootaxa 2863, pp. 63-68 : 66-67

Macromyrme sinuata ( Olivier 1811)

( Figs 6–8 )

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).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. 1 – 5. Macromyrme leleji sp. nov., female, holotype; 6. M. sinuata., female. 1, 6. Habitus (dorsal view). 2. Head (frontal view). 3. Scape, pedicel and F 1 – F 3. 4. Pygidial plate (posterior view). 5. Metasomal segment 1 (lateral view).

FIGURE 7. Distribution of Macromyrme leleji sp. nov. and M. sinuata in Egypt.

FIGURE 8. Distribution of Macromyrme leleji sp. nov., M. sinuata, and M. binotata in the Palaearctic region. AR., Armenia; AZ., Azerbaijan; CY., Cyprus; GE., Georgia; ISR., Israel; JOR., Jordan; LEB., Lebanon; MOR., Morocco; PAL., Palestine.