Nocturnal Velvet Ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, California with the description of three new species Author Wilson, Joseph S. text Zootaxa 2017 2017-12-12 4319 2 329 367 journal article 32130 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.4 c7db5cdc-51c3-4c2d-be5d-a8c11f59c09a 1175-5326 892295 1Ecf4C4A-09Ca-42B4-A105-67Dec7863Fe5 Sphaeropthalma parkeri Schuster, 1958 Sphaeropthalma ( Photopsis ) parkeri Schuster, 1958 : 28 . ♂ . Holotype data: Arizona , Ehrenberg ( UMSP ). Diagnosis of male. This species can be recognized by having mandibles that are vertical and are strongly excised ventrally with a distinct basal tooth and an apex that is tridentate and oblique (see Boehme et al. 2012 : Fig. 20), the posterior margin of the head is rounded, the mesosternum lacks processes, the second metasomal sternum with a distinct tuft-like felt line, S2 with a anteromedial carinate tumid region, the pygidium is glabrous and the cuspis of the genitalia spatulate and lack plumose setae. Genitalia are illustrated in Boehme et al. (2012 : Fig. 11 ). Female. Unknown. Material examined. Holotype data: Arizona , Ehrenberg , 27.Apr.1939 , F.H. Parker ( UMSP ) . USA : California : San Bernardino County : Joshua Tree National Park , Dale Mine , 2 ♂ , 25.May.2012 , F. & T. Cambon ( EMUS ) . Distribution. USA ( Arizona , California , and Nevada ). Activity. This species is seemingly rare at JTNP. Remarks. This species is a member of the S. orestes species-group ( Pitts & Sadler 2015 ) and has characteristic genitalia with the paramere spatulate with ventral setae. It is rare throughout its range ( Table 2 & 3 ).