Apterogyninae (Hymenoptera: Bradynobaenidae) from Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species
Author
Gadallah, Neveen S.
Author
Al Dhafer, Hathal M.
Author
Aldryhim, Yousif N.
Author
Fadl, Hassan
Author
Elgharbawy, Ali A.
Author
Pagliano, Guido
text
Zootaxa
2014
3754
4
491
497
journal article
46639
10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.10
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1175-5326
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Macroocula nitida nitida
(Bischoff, 1920)
(Figs 7, 8)
Apterogyna nitida
Bischoff 1920: 42
, ♂.
Material examined.
Saudi Arabia
:
Ibex Reserve, 1♀,
11.IX. 2007
, sticky trap; 3♀,
11.I. 2008
, pitfall trap.
Distribution.
Saudi Arabia
(new record),
Algeria
,
Egypt
,
Israel
,
Libya
,
Western Sahara
,
Mali
,
Mauritania
(
Invrea 1953
,
Pagliano 2002
),
Tunisia
,
Senegal
,
Sudan
(
Pagliano 2002
).
Remarks.
Female: head (including antenna, base of mandible), mesosoma, metasomal segment 1 orange, T2, T3 posteriorly and most of T4 red (Fig.7), T6 dark orange to red, longitudinally striate anterad and posterad smooth and shiny, laterally with sharp spines (Fig. 8).