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(
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, ♁.
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.
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC546F07FDBFF9A9FD3E1711" bold="true" box="[558,715,1582,1606]" pageId="8" pageNumber="113">New synonym.</emphasis>
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Bradley
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:
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, ♁. Misidentification.
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.,
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,
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC546F07FDCEF914FCE117FA" box="[607,788,1683,1709]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="113">Latimer County,</emphasis>
<date id="FFD91078EC546F07FC8AF914FC7617FA" box="[795,899,1683,1709]" pageId="8" pageNumber="113" value="1990-07">VII.1990</date>
, K. Stephen (1 mating pair,
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). I examined over 200 additional specimens of
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.
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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).
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC546F07FF56F8ECFECE16D2" bold="true" box="[199,315,1899,1925]" pageId="8" pageNumber="113">Remarks.</emphasis>
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associated
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC546F07FD42F8ECFCA116D3" box="[723,852,1899,1924]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="113">E. tentativa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, known from females only, with
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC546F07FB56F8ECFAB716D2" box="[1223,1346,1899,1925]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Ephuta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="113" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pauxilla">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC546F07FB56F8ECFAB716D2" box="[1223,1346,1899,1925]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="113">E. pauxilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, known from males only, based on a mating pair from
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC546F07FD53F808FCCF16FE" box="[706,826,1935,1961]" country="United States of America" name="Oklahoma" pageId="8" pageNumber="113">Oklahoma</collectingRegion>
. Males of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC546F07FC2AF808FBCE16FE" box="[955,1083,1935,1961]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Ephuta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="113" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pauxilla">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC546F07FC2AF808FBCE16FE" box="[955,1083,1935,1961]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="113">E. pauxilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC546F07FBE8F808FB0016FF" box="[1145,1269,1935,1960]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="113" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scrupea">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC546F07FBE8F808FB0016FF" box="[1145,1269,1935,1960]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="113">E. scrupea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are similar in sculpture, coloration and distribution and can only be reliably separated by clypeal morphology (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC546F07FB78F834FA65169A" author="Schuster, R. M." box="[1257,1424,1970,1997]" pageId="8" pageNumber="113" pagination="1 - 43" refId="ref14673" refString="Schuster, R. M. (1951) A Revision of the genus Ephuta (Mutillidae) in America North of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 59, 1 - 43." type="journal article" year="1951">Schuster 1951</bibRefCitation>
). On first observation, the male in the mating pair from
<collectingRegion id="49A3F85AEC546F07FD68F850FC9B16A6" box="[761,878,2007,2033]" country="United States of America" name="Oklahoma" pageId="8" pageNumber="113">Oklahoma</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC546F07FCEDF850FB9E16A6" author="Pitts, J. P. &amp; Manley, D. G." box="[892,1131,2007,2033]" pageId="8" pageNumber="113" pagination="341 - 344" refId="ref14492" refString="Pitts, J. P. &amp; Manley, D. G. (2007) Synonymy of Ephuta tentativa Schuster and E. pauxilla Bradley (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of Entomological Science, 42 (3), 341 - 344. https: // doi. org / 10.18474 / 0749 - 8004 - 42.3.341" type="journal article" year="2007">Pitts &amp; Manley 2007</bibRefCitation>
) was grasping the females head in its mandibles and the clypeus was not observable. The mating pair was then re-hydrated and separated for observation of the clypeus, which revealed that the male was actually
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FC2BFF3CFB0A1183" box="[954,1279,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">
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.
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FBD2FF3CFB0A1183" box="[1091,1279,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Ephuta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tentativa">Ephuta tentativa</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
is transferred from its previous synonymy under
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FD8CFF58FD6D11AE" box="[541,664,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">E. pauxilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FD2BFF58FCC711AF" box="[698,818,223,248]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scrupea">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FD2BFF58FCC711AF" box="[698,818,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">E. scrupea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It differs from the previously recognized females of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D3BEC556F06FA15FF58FF05104B" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scrupea">
<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FA15FF58FF05104B" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">E. scrupea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by eye size only (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B49EC556F06FE2CFE84FD94104A" author="Schuster, R. M." box="[445,609,258,285]" pageId="9" pageNumber="114" pagination="1 - 43" refId="ref14673" refString="Schuster, R. M. (1951) A Revision of the genus Ephuta (Mutillidae) in America North of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 59, 1 - 43." type="journal article" year="1951">Schuster 1951</bibRefCitation>
), revealing that this feature is subject to intraspecific variation in
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FAD5FE84FA60104A" box="[1348,1429,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">Ephuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The true female of
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<emphasis id="B913EAAAEC556F06FEFFFEA0FE1C1016" box="[366,489,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="114">E. pauxilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
remains unknown.
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