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

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6252931
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scientific name	Pseudophotopsis aurea ( Klug 1829 )
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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.

Invrea, F. (1956) Missione del Prof. Guiseppe Scortecci in Migiurtinia con il contributo del consiglio nazionale delle ricerche. II. Apterogynidae e Mutillidae (Hymenoptera). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 68, 297 - 305.

Klug, J. C. F. (1829) Symbolae physicae seu icones et descriptiones insectorum quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem Friderici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg studio novae aut illustratae redierunt. Hymenoptera. Decas Prima [genera Mutilla et Apterogyna]. Venditur a Mittlero, Berolini. [15 - 21] + tab. 4, 5.

Magretti, P. (1898) Imenotteri della seconda spedizione di Don Eugenio dei principi Ruspoli nei paesi Galla e Somali. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, ser. 2 a, 19, 37 - 42.

Nonveiller, G. (1974) Recherches sur les Mutillides de l'Afrique (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae). V. Description du male encore inconnu de Pseudophotopsis continua F. seul representant du genre en Afrique occidentale. Annales de la Faculte des Sciences du Cameroun, 18, 95 - 108.