Revision of Odontophotopsis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Part 1, with a description of a new Genus Laminatilla Author Pitts, James P. text Zootaxa 2007 1619 1 43 journal article 48966 10.5281/zenodo.179151 2a7d8e6f-de65-4bbc-9ae5-d44dacac7939 1175-5326 179151 Odontophotopsis biramosa Schuster ( Fig. 27, 28 ) Odontophotopsis ( Odontophotopsis ) biramosa Schuster, 1952 . Brooklyn Ent. Soc., 47: 43–47, male. Holotype : California, Imperial Co., Holtville , 2.Jul.1929 , P.W. Owens (NMNH). Odontophotopsis ( Odontophotopsis ) biramosa Schuster, 1958 . Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 56, male. Diagnosis. This species is differentiated from O. setifera by the mandible being tridentate ( Fig. 27 ), by the clypeus lacking short, peg-like setae, but having normal setae and a horseshoe-shaped tubercle posteromedially that overhangs the clypeus as a slight hood-like or nasutiform process ( Fig. 27 ), having a single mesosternal process on each side of the midline, and having the cuspis being approximately half the free length of the paramere ( Fig. 28 ). Distribution. The Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of Arizona, California, and Nevada. Material examined. USA , Arizona , Yuma Co. , Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, 50 mi N, 6 males , 23– 24.Jun.2006 , K.A. Williams ( EMUS ); Quartzsite, 1 male , 21.May.2007 , Pitts, Wilson, and Williams ( EMUS ); Maricopa Co., Firebird Park , 0.5 mi N NW, 6 males , 12.Nov.1995 , R. Johnson ( EMUS ); Mohave Co. , 1.Jul.1952 , 1 male , R.H. and L.D. Beamer, C. Weiner, A. Wolf, C. Liang, W. LaBerge ( SEMC ). California, Riverside Co., Blythe, 1 male , 17–19.Jul.1961 , Japport ( CDFA ); Corn Springs, 10 mi S Desert Center, 1 male , 17.Jul.2005 , K.A. Williams ( EMUS ); Palm Springs, 1 male , 6.Jun.1932 , T. Zschokke ( UMSP ), 3 males , 24.Aug.1932 , T. Zschokke ( UAIC ; UMSP ); San Bernardino Co. , 29 Palms, 10 mi . E, 4 males , 20.Jun.1961 , 1 male , 15–18.Aug.1961 ( CDFA ); Wonder Valley, 1 male , 20.Jun.2004 , K.A. Williams ( EMUS ). Nevada , Clark Co. , Logandale, 2 males , 5.Aug.1959 , F.D. Parker ( EMUS ); Sandy, 1 male , 13.Aug.1959 , F.D. Parker ( EMUS ); Nye Co ., Pahrump, 2 males , 24–25.Jun.2006 , K.A. Williams; 5 males , 25.Jun.1959 , 2 males , 20.Jul.1959 , 11 males , 29.Jul.1959 , 19 males , 30.Jul.1959 , 10 males , 2.Aug.1959 , 5 males , 4.Aug.1959 , 17 males , 6.Aug.1959 , 2 males , 10.Aug.1959 , 5 males , 17.Aug.1959 , 17 males , 24.Aug.1959 , F.D. Parker ( EMUS ; NVDA ). Remarks. Schuster described this species as new twice, first in 1952 and again with the same name in 1958.