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, ♁.
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FF06FB85FE5F154D" box="[151,426,1026,1050]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Pseudomethoca oculissima</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FF06FBA7FE69156F" box="[151,412,1056,1080]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Pseudomethoca albicoma</emphasis>
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, ♁.
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FD12FBA6FCD5156E" bold="true" box="[643,800,1057,1081]" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">New synonym.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FF06FBB8FE771500" box="[151,386,1087,1111]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Pseudomethoca manca</emphasis>
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, ♁.
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FDF9FBB8FCF01500" bold="true" box="[616,773,1087,1111]" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">New synonym.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FF06FBD9FE301521" box="[151,453,1118,1142]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Pseudomethoca contumeliosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC556F06FE5AFBD9FD7D1521" author="Mickel, C. E." box="[459,648,1118,1142]" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" pagination="383 - 398" refId="ref14336" refString="Mickel, C. E. (1935) Descriptions and records of Nearctic mutillid wasps of the genera Myrmilloides and Pseudomethoca (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 61, 383 - 398. [https: // www. jstor. org / stable / 25077360]" type="journal article" year="1935">Mickel, 1935: 393</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FD23FBD9FCBA1521" bold="true" box="[690,847,1118,1142]" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">New synonym.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FF06FB23FE8A15E9" bold="true" box="[151,383,1188,1214]" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Material examined.</emphasis>
I examined
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FDEEFB22FCF715E9" box="[639,770,1188,1214]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. albicoma</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FF56FA97FE94147D" bold="true" box="[199,353,1296,1322]" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Distribution.</emphasis>
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),
<collectingCountry id="F3707628EC556F06FDA2FA97FD9C147D" box="[563,617,1296,1322]" name="United States of America" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">USA</collectingCountry>
(
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,
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FD70FA97FCA0147D" box="[737,853,1296,1322]" country="United States of America" name="California" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">California</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FCF0FA97FC39147D" box="[865,972,1296,1322]" country="United States of America" name="Colorado" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Colorado</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FC46FA97FBEF147D" box="[983,1050,1296,1322]" country="United States of America" name="Idaho" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Idaho</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FBB5FA96FBAA147C" box="[1060,1119,1297,1323]" country="United States of America" name="Iowa" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Iowa</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FBFBFA96FB4B147C" box="[1130,1214,1297,1323]" country="United States of America" name="Kansas" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Kansas</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FB59FA97FAC0147D" box="[1224,1333,1296,1322]" country="United States of America" name="Nebraska" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Nebraska</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FAD1FA97FA6D147D" box="[1344,1432,1296,1322]" country="United States of America" name="Nevada" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Nevada</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FF06FAB2FEDE1419" box="[151,299,1332,1359]" country="United States of America" name="New Mexico" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">New Mexico</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FEA6FAB3FE7B1419" box="[311,398,1332,1358]" country="United States of America" name="Oregon" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Oregon</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FE08FAB3FDC01419" box="[409,565,1332,1358]" country="United States of America" name="South Dakota" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">South Dakota</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FDD1FAB3FD4D1419" box="[576,696,1332,1358]" country="United States of America" name="Oklahoma" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Oklahoma</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FD53FAB3FCEC1419" box="[706,793,1332,1358]" country="United States of America" name="Oregon" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Oregon</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FCB5FAB2FC9D1418" box="[804,872,1333,1359]" country="United States of America" name="Texas" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Texas</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FCE2FAB3FC5B1419" box="[883,942,1332,1358]" country="United States of America" name="Utah" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Utah</collectingRegion>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37D6533EC556F05FF56FADFFB49134E" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="115" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BD836B8EC556F06FF56FADFFAE016AD" blockId="9.[151,1437,1188,2042]" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FF56FADFFECE1425" bold="true" box="[199,315,1368,1394]" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Remarks.</emphasis>
In the most recent key to species of
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FD50FADFFC871425" box="[705,882,1368,1394]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Pseudomethoca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC556F06FC6AFADFFB791424" author="Mickel, C. E." box="[1019,1164,1368,1395]" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" pagination="383 - 398" refId="ref14336" refString="Mickel, C. E. (1935) Descriptions and records of Nearctic mutillid wasps of the genera Myrmilloides and Pseudomethoca (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 61, 383 - 398. [https: // www. jstor. org / stable / 25077360]" type="journal article" year="1935">Mickel 1935</bibRefCitation>
), females of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FA87FADEFA691425" box="[1302,1436,1369,1394]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contumax">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FA87FADEFA691425" box="[1302,1436,1369,1394]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. contumax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FF56FAFAFE8214C1" box="[199,375,1404,1430]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contumeliosa">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FF56FAFAFE8214C1" box="[199,375,1404,1430]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. contumeliosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
share an apparently unique coloration, with an inverted
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FC7EFAFAFBF014C1" box="[1007,1029,1405,1430]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">pi</emphasis>
“π” shaped marking of silvery setae on T2 and dense golden setae on the head. These two forms were separated by head and eye size (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC556F06FB6BFA27FA6514EC" author="Mickel, C. E." box="[1274,1424,1440,1467]" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" pagination="383 - 398" refId="ref14336" refString="Mickel, C. E. (1935) Descriptions and records of Nearctic mutillid wasps of the genera Myrmilloides and Pseudomethoca (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 61, 383 - 398. [https: // www. jstor. org / stable / 25077360]" type="journal article" year="1935">Mickel 1935</bibRefCitation>
). Upon examining large series, these features are found to vary along a continuum within a given locality, allowing us to synonymize these forms. After this synonymy,
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FD6EFA6EFC7E1755" box="[767,907,1513,1538]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contumax">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FD6EFA6EFC7E1755" box="[767,907,1513,1538]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. contumax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is recognized as one of the most widespread species of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FE83F98BFE361771" authorityName="Ashmead" authorityYear="1896" box="[274,451,1548,1574]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FE83F98BFE361771" box="[274,451,1548,1574]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Pseudomethoca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the Western
<collectingCountry id="F3707628EC556F06FDEAF98BFD431771" box="[635,694,1548,1574]" name="United States of America" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">USA</collectingCountry>
, ranging from
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FCF0F98BFBD71770" box="[865,1058,1548,1575]" country="United States of America" name="Washington" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Washington state</collectingRegion>
and northeastern
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FB60F98BFA961771" box="[1265,1379,1548,1574]" country="United States of America" name="California" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">California</collectingRegion>
East to
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FF24F9B6FF18171C" box="[181,237,1585,1611]" country="United States of America" name="Iowa" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Iowa</collectingRegion>
and South to
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FE1AF9B6FE25171C" box="[395,464,1585,1611]" country="United States of America" name="Texas" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Texas</collectingRegion>
. Females of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FDCEF9B6FD1D171D" box="[607,744,1585,1610]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contumax">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FDCEF9B6FD1D171D" box="[607,744,1585,1610]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. contumax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are also recognized as close relatives of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FB29F9B6FF2E1739" authority="(Blake, 1886)" baseAuthorityName="Blake" baseAuthorityYear="1886" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="praeclara">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FB29F9B6FAB7171D" box="[1208,1346,1584,1610]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. praeclara</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC556F06FAC3F9B7FF261739" author="Blake, C. A." pageId="9" pageNumber="114" pagination="179 - 286" refId="ref13158" refString="Blake, C. A. (1886) Monograph of the Mutillidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 13, 179 - 286. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 25076476" type="journal article" year="1886">Blake, 1886</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, which is known from both sexes. In the northwestern portion of their range,
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FBAEF9D2FB3D1739" box="[1087,1224,1621,1646]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contumax">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FBAEF9D2FB3D1739" box="[1087,1224,1621,1646]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. contumax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been collected concurrently with
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FEF7F9FEFE3B17C5" box="[358,462,1657,1682]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="manca">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FEF7F9FEFE3B17C5" box="[358,462,1657,1682]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. manca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which was separated from
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FC9DF9FEFC6217C5" baseAuthorityName="Blake" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[780,919,1656,1682]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="praeclara">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FC9DF9FEFC6217C5" box="[780,919,1656,1682]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. praeclara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males only by antennal tubercle sculpture. In the southeastern portion of their range,
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FDCFF91AFD1C17E1" box="[606,745,1693,1718]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contumax">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FDCFF91AFD1C17E1" box="[606,745,1693,1718]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. contumax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
females have been collected concurrently with
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FA9EF91AFA6017E1" box="[1295,1429,1692,1718]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albicoma">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FA9EF91AFA6017E1" box="[1295,1429,1692,1718]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. albicoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which was separated from
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FE53F946FDBE178D" baseAuthorityName="Blake" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[450,587,1728,1754]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="praeclara">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FE53F946FDBE178D" box="[450,587,1728,1754]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. praeclara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
only in antennal tubercle sculpture and from
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FBD9F946FB5B178D" box="[1096,1198,1729,1754]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="manca">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FBD9F946FB5B178D" box="[1096,1198,1729,1754]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. manca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
only in T2 sculpture. The T2 sculpture separating
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FE43F962FDC217A9" box="[466,567,1765,1790]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="manca">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FE43F962FDC217A9" box="[466,567,1765,1790]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. manca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FDE8F962FD0E17A9" box="[633,763,1764,1790]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albicoma">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FDE8F962FD0E17A9" box="[633,763,1764,1790]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. albicoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is subtle and varies within populations, suggesting these two forms are conspecific. Based on similarity to
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FD02F88EFCE81675" baseAuthorityName="Blake" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[659,797,1800,1826]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="praeclara">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FD02F88EFCE81675" box="[659,797,1800,1826]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. praeclara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in both sexes and overlapping distributions with females of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FF28F8AAFEB11611" box="[185,324,1837,1862]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contumax">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FF28F8AAFEB11611" box="[185,324,1837,1862]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. contumax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, both
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FE00F8AAFE0E1611" box="[401,507,1837,1862]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="manca">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FE00F8AAFE0E1611" box="[401,507,1837,1862]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. manca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FDA6F8AAFD4B1611" box="[567,702,1836,1862]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albicoma">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FDA6F8AAFD4B1611" box="[567,702,1836,1862]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. albicoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are recognized as males and junior synonyms, of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FA9BF8AAFA601611" box="[1290,1429,1837,1862]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contumax">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FA9BF8AAFA601611" box="[1290,1429,1837,1862]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. contumax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Males of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FE91F8D6FE7C163D" baseAuthorityName="Blake" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[256,393,1872,1898]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="praeclara">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FE91F8D6FE7C163D" box="[256,393,1872,1898]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. praeclara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FE2EF8D6FDB2163D" box="[447,583,1873,1898]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contumax">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FE2EF8D6FDB2163D" box="[447,583,1873,1898]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. contumax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be separated by antennal tubercle sculpture: entirely micropunctate in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FA19F8D6FEF016D9" baseAuthorityName="Blake" baseAuthorityYear="1886" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="praeclara">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FA19F8D6FEF016D9" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. praeclara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and smooth in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FE23F8F2FDCE16D9" box="[434,571,1909,1934]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contumax">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FE23F8F2FDCE16D9" box="[434,571,1909,1934]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. contumax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and by paramere shape: nearly straight in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FB86F8F2FB5516D9" box="[1047,1184,1909,1934]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contumax">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FB86F8F2FB5516D9" box="[1047,1184,1909,1934]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. contumax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and weakly sigmoidal in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FF22F81EFECE16E5" baseAuthorityName="Blake" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[179,315,1944,1970]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="praeclara">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FF22F81EFECE16E5" box="[179,315,1944,1970]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. praeclara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. They can also be relatively easily separated by distribution,
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FC4FF81EFB9016E5" box="[990,1125,1945,1970]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contumax">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FC4FF81EFB9016E5" box="[990,1125,1945,1970]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. contumax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in temperate regions from
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FF47F83BFE6D1680" box="[214,408,1980,2007]" country="United States of America" name="Washington" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Washington state</collectingRegion>
to
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC556F06FE51F83AFDF41680" box="[448,513,1981,2007]" country="United States of America" name="Texas" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Texas</collectingRegion>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FDADF83AFD3D1681" baseAuthorityName="Blake" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[572,712,1980,2006]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="praeclara">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FDADF83AFD3D1681" box="[572,712,1980,2006]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">P. praeclara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in the hot Sonoran Desert and Madrean Archipelago of
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and
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; they apparently overlap only in the Madrean Archipelago of southern
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.
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The rare and poorly understood species,
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FD02FF10FCD211E6" box="[659,807,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">P. oculissima</emphasis>
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, was diagnosed in keys (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC566F05FBD2FF10FB2211E6" author="Mickel, C. E." box="[1091,1239,151,177]" pageId="10" pageNumber="115" pagination="1 - 51" refId="ref14233" refString="Mickel, C. E. (1924) A Revision of the Mutillid Wasps of the genera Myrmilloides and Pseudomethoca occurring in America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, 64 (11), 1 - 51. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.64 - 2505.1" type="journal article" year="1924">Mickel 1924</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC566F05FB72FF11FAE911E6" author="Mickel, C. E." box="[1251,1308,150,177]" pageId="10" pageNumber="115" pagination="383 - 398" refId="ref14336" refString="Mickel, C. E. (1935) Descriptions and records of Nearctic mutillid wasps of the genera Myrmilloides and Pseudomethoca (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 61, 383 - 398. [https: // www. jstor. org / stable / 25077360]" type="journal article" year="1935">1935</bibRefCitation>
) by having small body length, from
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. In the description of this species (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC566F05FC0FFF3CFBC11182" author="Mickel, C. E." box="[926,1076,187,213]" pageId="10" pageNumber="115" pagination="1 - 51" refId="ref14233" refString="Mickel, C. E. (1924) A Revision of the Mutillid Wasps of the genera Myrmilloides and Pseudomethoca occurring in America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, 64 (11), 1 - 51. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.64 - 2505.1" type="journal article" year="1924">Mickel 1924</bibRefCitation>
), however, the body length was listed at
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. Photographs of the
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(USNMENT01570603 at https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/) reveal that the actual body length is closer to
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. The description of this species mentions that the T2 coloration has “a large triangular spot on each side”. Examination of the type photographs, however, reveals that T2 has the same inverted
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FF6DFECCFEE71033" box="[252,274,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">pi</emphasis>
“π” shaped marking of silvery setae that is seen in
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<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC566F05FCF7FECCFC011033" box="[870,1012,331,356]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contumax">P. contumax</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
In this specimen, the setae are worn down (apparently because of specimen age) and the marking is somewhat interrupted mesally. This is not different from other worn specimens of
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.
</emphasis>
While smaller than other known
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FB83FE14FB6810FB" box="[1042,1181,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">P. contumax</emphasis>
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specimens, this is not outside the range of size variation seen in other velvet ants (
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FCF0FE30FC7C1087" box="[865,905,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">e.g.</emphasis>
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Williams
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FB95FE30FBCC1086" box="[1028,1081,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">et al</emphasis>
. 2010
</bibRefCitation>
). The unique type of
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FA19FE30FEFA10A2" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">P. oculissima</emphasis>
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occurs within the geographic range of
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FD5CFE5CFCA310A3" box="[717,854,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">P. contumax</emphasis>
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and no other diagnostic structural differences were found.
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FF76FE78FDE2134E" box="[231,535,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Pseudomethoca oculissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is therefore recognized as a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FBBCFE78FB40134F" box="[1069,1205,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">P. contumax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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