Velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Algodones sand dunes of California, USA Author Pitts, James P. Author Wilson, Joseph S. Author Williams, Kevin A. Author Boehme, Nicole F. text Zootaxa 2009 2131 1 53 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.188392 4683115e-4971-4b8f-bb75-1a3f9b104521 1175-5326 188392 Odontophotopsis clypeata Schuster Odontophotopsis ( Odontophotopsis ) clypeata Schuster, 1958 . Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 59. Male. Holotype data: Tucson, Arizona, 26 Aug 1939 , O. Bryant (UMSP). Diagnosis of male. This species has a head that is rounded posteriorly, has deeply excised mandibles that are slightly dilated apically (e.g., Fig. 46 ), has a transverse clypeus that is slightly depressed below mandibular margins, but lacks a tubercle situated posteromedially on the clypeus, has a pair of denticulate mesosternal processes, and has a shiny glabrous pygidium. Typically the second segment of the metasoma is darkened at least around the felt lines, and the apical plumose fringes are densely plumose. The genitalia are illustrated in Fig.11 . Female. Unknown. Material examined. California , Imperial Co. : Algodones Dunes: Wash Rd.: 6.6 km SE Hwy. 78, 5 males , 7–10.Jun.2008 , R.B. Kimsey and T.J. Zavortink ( UCDC ); 4.1 km SE Hwy. 78, 4 males , 18–22.Sep.2008 , R.B. Kimsey and T.J. Zavortink ( UCDC ); 7 km SE Hwy. 78, 3 males , 9–10.Jun.2008 , R.B. Kimsey and T.J. Zavortink ( UCDC ); 0.7 km W Wash Road at railroad post 168, 10.4 km SE Hwy 78, 3 males , 18–22.Sep.2008 , R.B. Kimsey and T.J. Zavortink ( UCDC ); Glamis, 7.5 km N, 21 males , 11–15.Sep.2007 , R. Kimsey, L. Kimsey, and T.J. Zavortink ( UCDC ); Glamis, 8 km S, 1 male , 11–15.Sep.2007 , R. Kimsey, L. Kimsey, and T.J. Zavortink ( UCDC ); S. Ruthven, 1 male , 30.Apr.2001 , D.C. Hawks, and D. Yanega ( UCRC ).Glamis, 3 mi . NW, 11 males , 15–16.Sep.1972 , M.S. Wasbauer and A. Hardy ( CDFA ). DNA voucher specimen data. Arizona , Yuma Co. , Yuma City, 1 male , 21.Jun.2006 , K.A. Williams and W. Ericson, JP468 ( EMUS ). Distribution. Southwestern USA . Remarks. On the Algodones Sand Dunes, the darkened condition of the integument around the felt lines is reduced compared to specimens in other parts of the range, which have at least T2, if not the entire metasoma, castaneous. This species is widespread and common in other parts of its range, but is rare on the Algodones Sand Dunes.