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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FF06FDEDFE1413D2" bold="true" box="[151,481,618,645]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Pseudomethoca peremptrix</emphasis>
Williams
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,
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(
<figureCitation id="135C2A3DEC566F05FF0EFD08FED513FE" box="[159,288,655,681]" captionStart="FIGURES 1723" captionStartId="11.[152,270,1684,1708]" captionTargetBox="[157,1431,561,1660]" captionTargetId="figure-162@11.[157,1431,561,1660]" captionText="FIGURES 1723. Pseudomethoca peremptrix, sp. nov. 17, 19, 21, 22. Female. 18, 20, 23. Male. 1718. Dorsal habitus. 1920. Lateral habitus. 21, 23. Head, anterior view. 22. Pygidium." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8028043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8028043/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Figs 1723</figureCitation>
, 3134)
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FF06FD51FEE713A7" bold="true" box="[151,274,726,752]" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
FEMALE. Females of
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can be recognized by the following combination of characters: head covered with moderately dense pale-golden setae; head wider than mesosoma, head width between eyes greater than vertex width; mandible acuminate to apex; gena unarmed; hypostoma with small sharp tooth; humeral carina sharp, distinct; T2 disc with two sub-circular pale golden setal spots; pygidial plate moderately narrow, microreticulate. MALE. Males of
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can be immediately recognized by the orange-brown body color (
<figureCitation id="135C2A3DEC566F05FA97FCE0FA6512D6" box="[1286,1424,871,897]" captionStart="FIGURES 1723" captionStartId="11.[152,270,1684,1708]" captionTargetBox="[157,1431,561,1660]" captionTargetId="figure-162@11.[157,1431,561,1660]" captionText="FIGURES 1723. Pseudomethoca peremptrix, sp. nov. 17, 19, 21, 22. Female. 18, 20, 23. Male. 1718. Dorsal habitus. 1920. Lateral habitus. 21, 23. Head, anterior view. 22. Pygidium." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8028043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8028043/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Figs 18, 20</figureCitation>
). The following combination of characters are also useful for diagnosis: body size small (&lt;
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); vertex rounded posteriorly; clypeus convex with transverse apical furrow; mandible acuminate to apex; forewing marginal cell longer than stigma length; hypopygium evenly punctate and setose basally, apically bidentate; genitalia with cuspis longer than digitus; penis valve narrow unidentate apically without ventral pre-apical lamella.
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FF56FB9DFEAC1562" bold="true" box="[199,345,1050,1077]" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Description.</emphasis>
FEMALE (
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). Body length
<quantity id="4C9F9B5DEC566F05FD7CFB9CFCB31562" box="[749,838,1051,1077]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.9" pageId="10" pageNumber="115" unit="mm" value="3.9">3.9 mm</quantity>
.
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: Integument pale orange-brown, except frons, vertex, mandibular apex, F310, mesonotum, femoral apices, tibiae, T2 postero-dorsally and T6 darker brown (
<figureCitation id="135C2A3DEC566F05FF0EFBE4FED4152A" box="[159,289,1123,1149]" captionStart="FIGURES 1723" captionStartId="11.[152,270,1684,1708]" captionTargetBox="[157,1431,561,1660]" captionTargetId="figure-162@11.[157,1431,561,1660]" captionText="FIGURES 1723. Pseudomethoca peremptrix, sp. nov. 17, 19, 21, 22. Female. 18, 20, 23. Male. 1718. Dorsal habitus. 1920. Lateral habitus. 21, 23. Head, anterior view. 22. Pygidium." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8028043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8028043/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Figs 17, 19</figureCitation>
). Setae silvery-yellow, except setae blackish-brown on mesonotum and T2 disc (except lateral circular patches of pale golden setae) and T6 setae golden brown.
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FC8DFB00FCAC15F6" box="[796,857,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Head</emphasis>
: Moderately large, subrectangular; total head width 1.25 × pronotal width, vertex width 1.05 × pronotal width; punctures dense, small; eye large, distance between posterior margins of eye and vertex 0.75 × maximum diameter of eye; genal carina distinct, not reaching hypostomal carina, not reaching posterolateral angle of vertex; hypostomal region with distinct sharp tooth; clypeus anterior margin bidentate, spines small, more widely separated than antennal tubercles; F1 1.4 × pedicel length; F2 1.1 × pedicel length; antennal scrobe carina extending onto antennal tubercle forming short triangular lamella; mandible apically with three equidistant apical teeth, acuminate to apex.
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FCF8FAD8FC14142F" box="[873,993,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Mesosoma</emphasis>
: Length (excluding prothoracic collar) subequal to width; mesosoma dorsally areolate-punctate, areolations wider posteriorly; propodeum posterior face mostly smooth with a few shallow reticulations; mesopleuron, metapleuron and lateral propodeal face mostly smooth; humeral carina distinct to epaulet, forming obtuse angle at humeral corner; small spine present immediately anterior to propodeal spiracle; propodeum with dorsal and lateral faces separated by serrate carina.
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FB6BFA68FA9A175F" box="[1274,1391,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Metasoma</emphasis>
. T1 not constricted posteriorly, merging evenly with T2, anterior face with sparse punctures, denser posteriorly; S1 with distinct longitudinal carina; T2 evenly convex throughout, without elevated, longitudinal carinae, densely punctate; T35 with fine dense punctures; pygidial plate uniform microreticulae, lateral carinae distinct, width of plate less than half total T6 width (
<figureCitation id="135C2A3DEC566F05FE3FF9F8FDF617CE" box="[430,515,1663,1689]" captionStart="FIGURES 1723" captionStartId="11.[152,270,1684,1708]" captionTargetBox="[157,1431,561,1660]" captionTargetId="figure-162@11.[157,1431,561,1660]" captionText="FIGURES 1723. Pseudomethoca peremptrix, sp. nov. 17, 19, 21, 22. Female. 18, 20, 23. Male. 1718. Dorsal habitus. 1920. Lateral habitus. 21, 23. Head, anterior view. 22. Pygidium." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8028043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8028043/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
).
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MALE. Body length 4.55.0 mm.
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FDC2F924FD6C17EA" box="[595,665,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Color.</emphasis>
Integument orange-brown, except mandibular apex, antenna, frons, lateral portions of vertex, tegula, femora, tibiae, tarsi and T67 darker brown to nearly black; wings translucent, weakly infuscated, veins dark brown; body setae silvery-white, except frons, mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and T35 with scattered erect dark brown setae and T67 with dense blackish setae (
<figureCitation id="135C2A3DEC566F05FC42F888FBA0167E" box="[979,1109,1807,1833]" captionStart="FIGURES 1723" captionStartId="11.[152,270,1684,1708]" captionTargetBox="[157,1431,561,1660]" captionTargetId="figure-162@11.[157,1431,561,1660]" captionText="FIGURES 1723. Pseudomethoca peremptrix, sp. nov. 17, 19, 21, 22. Female. 18, 20, 23. Male. 1718. Dorsal habitus. 1920. Lateral habitus. 21, 23. Head, anterior view. 22. Pygidium." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8028043" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8028043/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Figs 18, 20</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FBF9F888FB59167E" box="[1128,1196,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Head.</emphasis>
Rounded posteriorly, vertex with sparse coarse punctures; mandible bidentate, acuminate to apex; clypeus punctate, weakly convex, anterior margin edentate, with shallow transverse furrow; antennal scrobe with dorsal carina reduced to transverse tubercle; antennal tubercle smooth; gena ecarinate; ocelli minute, ocellocular distance 5.7 × length of lateral ocellus, interocellar distance 1.9 × lateral ocellar length; scape with one anterior carina; F1 1.8 × pedicel length; F2 2.3 × pedicel length.
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC566F05FEF0F844FE15168A" box="[353,480,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="115">Mesosoma.</emphasis>
Pronotum, mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with scattered coarse punctures; tegula smooth, evenly convex, margins sparsely setigerously punctate; mesopleuron with coarse contiguous punctures; metapleuron and anterior portion of lateral propodeal surface smooth to faint microreticulate, posterior margin of lateral propodeal surface areolate-microreticulate; propodeum areolate dorsally and posteriorly. Forewing stigma small, marginal cell (measured along costa) 1.9 × stigma length.
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC576F04FC16FE84FBF6104A" box="[903,1027,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">Metasoma.</emphasis>
T1 shape sessile; S1 with irregular longitudinal carina; T2 with separated punctures, intervals smooth; S2 sculpture coarser than T2; T36 fringe setae variable in length, apparently simple; T36 punctures sparse; T7 anterior third punctate and setose, with laterally defined rugose pygidial plate, apical margin with short dense setae; hypopygium basally with uniform punctures and setae, smooth and sharp bidentate posteriorly.
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC576F04FD39FE14FCE710FA" box="[680,786,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">Genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135C2A3DEC576F04FCB2FE14FC5210FA" box="[803,935,403,429]" captionStart="FIGURES 3138" captionStartId="14.[152,270,1720,1744]" captionTargetBox="[156,1432,813,1696]" captionTargetId="figure-289@14.[156,1432,813,1696]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 3138. Pseudomethoca species, male genitalia: dorsal view, ventral view, sagittal view, penis valve lateral view. 3134. P. peremptrix, sp. nov. 3538. P. sonorae, sp. nov." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8016540" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8016540/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">Figs 3134</figureCitation>
). Paramere weakly dorsoventrally flattened, weakly sigmoidal externo-ventrally, with moderately short latero-ventral setae. Cuspis sub-triangular with dense long setae interno-ventrally.Digitus shorter than cuspis. Penis valve unidentate apically without transparent preapical ventral lamella.
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC576F04FF09F913FEAC17FB" bold="true" box="[152,345,1684,1708]" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">FIGURES 1723.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC576F04FECEF913FD8017FB" authority="Williams, 2023" authorityName="Williams" authorityYear="2023" box="[351,629,1684,1708]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peremptrix" status="sp. nov.">Pseudomethoca peremptrix</taxonomicName>
,
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17, 19, 21, 22. Female. 18, 20, 23. Male. 1718. Dorsal habitus. 1920. Lateral habitus. 21, 23. Head, anterior view. 22. Pygidium.
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female,
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,
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC576F04FCDCF978FC08164E" box="[845,1021,1791,1817]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">Santa Cruz Co.</emphasis>
, Duquesne
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,
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,
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(
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)
</materialsCitation>
.
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.
</emphasis>
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,
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</emphasis>
,
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data as Holotype (
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,
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)
</materialsCitation>
;
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<collectingCountry id="F3707628EC576F04FD44F8C1FCB31637" box="[725,838,1862,1888]" name="Mexico" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">MEXICO</collectingCountry>
,
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC576F04FCC1F8C1FC531637" bold="true" box="[848,934,1862,1888]" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC576F04FCC1F8C1FC531637" box="[848,934,1862,1888]" country="Mexico" name="Sonora" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">Sonora</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
,
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S
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,
<date id="FFD91078EC576F04FB1DF8C1FAF51637" box="[1164,1280,1862,1888]" pageId="11" pageNumber="116" value="1970-09-04">
<collectingDate id="EF9DE990EC576F04FB1DF8C1FAF51637" box="[1164,1280,1862,1888]" pageId="11" pageNumber="116" value="1970-09-04">4.IX.1970</collectingDate>
</date>
,
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(
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,
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)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC576F04FF56F809FE9416FF" bold="true" box="[199,353,1934,1960]" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F3707628EC576F04FEF6F809FE4816FF" box="[359,445,1934,1960]" name="Mexico" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">Mexico</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC576F04FE5DF809FDEA16FF" box="[460,543,1934,1960]" country="Mexico" name="Sonora" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">Sonora</collectingRegion>
) and
<collectingCountry id="F3707628EC576F04FDCDF809FD6716FF" box="[604,658,1934,1960]" name="United States of America" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">USA</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC576F04FD33F809FCF616FF" box="[674,771,1934,1960]" country="United States of America" name="Arizona" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">Arizona</collectingRegion>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37D6533EC576F04FF56F835FA9516A7" pageId="11" pageNumber="116" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BD836B8EC576F04FF56F835FA9516A7" blockId="11.[151,1436,1790,2033]" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC576F04FF56F835FEBB169B" bold="true" box="[199,334,1970,1996]" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">Etymology.</emphasis>
From the Latin
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC576F04FD94F834FD8A169B" box="[517,639,1971,1996]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">peremptrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
“she that destroys or kills”. The name is based on the similarity of this new species to
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC576F04FED0F851FCE916A7" authority="Krombein, 1992" authorityName="Krombein" authorityYear="1992" box="[321,796,2006,2032]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="116" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perditrix">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC576F04FED0F851FDAE16A7" box="[321,603,2006,2032]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="116">Pseudomethoca perditrix</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC576F04FDF3F851FCE916A7" author="Krombein, K. V." box="[610,796,2006,2032]" pageId="11" pageNumber="116" pagination="91 - 106" refId="ref14003" refString="Krombein, K. V. (1992) Host relationships, ethology and systematics of Pseudomethoca Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae, Andrenidae, Halictidae and Anthophoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 94 (1), 91 - 106. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / item / 54937 # page / 97 / mode / 1 up]" type="journal article" year="1992">Krombein, 1992</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, which was named using a Latin term for destroyer.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37D6533EC506F03FF56FF10FD8B13A6" pageId="12" pageNumber="117" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FF56FF10FECE11E6" bold="true" box="[199,315,151,177]" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">Remarks.</emphasis>
In color, body shape, size and distribution, this new species is superficially similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC506F03FA86FF10FA6011E6" authorityName="Krombein" authorityYear="1992" box="[1303,1429,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perditrix">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FA86FF10FA6011E6" box="[1303,1429,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">P. perditrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, differing from that species by the presence of silvery setal spots on T2 (uniform setae in
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FB1AFF3CFAFD1182" box="[1163,1288,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">P. perditrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the dentate hypostomal carina (unarmed in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC506F03FD97FF58FD7311AE" authorityName="Krombein" authorityYear="1992" box="[518,646,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perditrix">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FD97FF58FD7311AE" box="[518,646,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">P. perditrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the slender pygidial plate (broader in
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FBEEFF58FB0A11AE" box="[1151,1279,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">P. perditrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). In the most recent key to North American
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC506F03FE7FFE84FD0D104A" box="[494,760,259,285]" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FE7FFE84FD6A104A" box="[494,671,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">Pseudomethoca</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC506F03FC96FE84FC57104A" author="Mickel, C. E." box="[775,930,258,285]" pageId="12" pageNumber="117" 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>
), the female keys out to
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC506F03FB29FE84FF3A1016" authority="Mickel, 1935" authorityName="Mickel" authorityYear="1935" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dentigula">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FB29FE84FACB104A" box="[1208,1342,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">P. dentigula</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC506F03FAD7FE84FF3A1016" author="Mickel, C. E." pageId="12" pageNumber="117" 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>
</taxonomicName>
from
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. Unlike that species, the head has pale golden setae (head setae blackish in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC506F03FB20FEA0FACC1016" authorityName="Mickel" authorityYear="1935" box="[1201,1337,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dentigula">
P.
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FB5EFEA0FACC1016" box="[1231,1337,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">dentigula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the head shape is smaller and more rounded in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC506F03FD19FECCFCEA1033" authorityName="Williams" authorityYear="2023" box="[648,799,331,356]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peremptrix">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FD19FECCFCEA1033" box="[648,799,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">P. peremptrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(large and quadrate in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC506F03FBB9FECCFB5A1032" authorityName="Mickel" authorityYear="1935" box="[1064,1199,331,357]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dentigula">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FBB9FECCFB5A1032" box="[1064,1199,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">P. dentigula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). In
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC506F03FB76FECCFA691032" author="Mickel, C. E." box="[1255,1436,330,357]" pageId="12" pageNumber="117" 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">Mickels (1935)</bibRefCitation>
key, the male keys out to
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC506F03FE20FEE8FD6E10DE" authority="(Blake, 1871)" baseAuthorityName="Blake" baseAuthorityYear="1871" box="[433,667,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gila">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FE20FEE8FE0D10DE" box="[433,504,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">P. gila</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC506F03FD97FEE8FD6710DE" author="Blake, C. A." box="[518,658,367,393]" pageId="12" pageNumber="117" pagination="217 - 265" refId="ref13072" refString="Blake, C. A. (1871) Synopsis of the Mutillidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 3, 217 - 265. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 25076249" type="journal article" year="1871">Blake, 1871</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. The male of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC506F03FCA3FEE8FC3210DF" authorityName="Williams" authorityYear="2023" box="[818,967,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peremptrix">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FCA3FEE8FC3210DF" box="[818,967,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">P. peremptrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, however, can be immediately recognized by the orange-brown body color.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD836B8EC506F03FF56FE30FD8B13A6" blockId="12.[151,1437,151,753]" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">
There is a small chance that this male might actually be
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FCB3FE30FC561086" box="[802,931,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC506F03FCB3FE30FC6A1086" authorityName="Krombein" authorityYear="1992" box="[802,927,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudomethoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perditrix">P. perditrix</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
so males are not designated as
<typeStatus id="54DC881AEC506F03FB63FE30FA941086" box="[1266,1377,439,465]" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">paratypes</typeStatus>
. Two females of
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FE83FE5CFE7B10A2" box="[274,398,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">P. perditrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the
<typeStatus id="54DC881AEC506F03FE7AFE5CFDB810A2" box="[491,589,475,501]" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">holotype</typeStatus>
female of
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FD52FE5CFCAD10A3" box="[707,856,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">P. peremptrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were collected using pitfall traps at the type locality by W.B. Warner. The two orange-brown males were found in the same collecting event as the
<typeStatus id="54DC881AEC506F03FB75FE78FAB3134E" box="[1252,1350,511,537]" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">holotype</typeStatus>
female (
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), but the females of
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FDE2FDA4FD00136A" box="[627,757,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">P. perditrix</emphasis>
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were collected on different dates (
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and
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). Male velvet ants are not common in pitfall traps and co-occurrence of males and females in the same pitfall trap has been used to support sex associations in other species (
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). Also,
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FA8FFDECFA6913D2" box="[1310,1436,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">P. perditrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is relatively widespread in
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and has been seen as far North as
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC506F03FC2BFD08FBE713FE" box="[954,1042,655,681]" country="United States of America" name="Nevada" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">Nevada</collectingRegion>
, but, in the
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, no small-bodied orange-brown
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FEABFD34FE1E139A" box="[314,491,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">Pseudomethoca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males have been seen outside this type locality. For these reasons, these orange males are almost certainly males of
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC506F03FE73FD50FD8213A7" box="[482,631,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="117">P. peremptrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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