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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively C head, frontal view D head, antennal scape and pedicel, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537892" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Figures 11</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A head, fronto-lateral view B antenna C mandible, lateral view D mesosoma, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537893" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">, 12</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A head and mesosoma, lateral view B right fore wing." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537894" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">, 13</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A, B metasoma, dorsal and ventral views, respectively C 2 nd and 3 rd metasomal segments, ventro-lateral view D T 6 - T 7, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537895" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">, 14</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 33" captionStartId="F33" captionText="Figure 33. Male genitalia A, B Pseudophotopsis aurea (Klug), dorsal and ventral views, respectively C, D P. dhofarensis sp. nov., dorsal and ventral views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure33" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537914" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">; 33C, D</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Holotype</emphasis>
♂,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Sultanate Of Oman</emphasis>
, Ayn Hamran (Taqah, Dhofar province) [
<geoCoordinate degrees="17" direction="north" minutes="05" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="51" value="17.0975">17°05'51&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="54" direction="east" minutes="16" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="59" value="54.283054">54°16'59&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, alt. 1097 m], 20.xi.2017, LT, leg. AMS [KSMA].
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Male.</emphasis>
Distance between posterior ocellus and posterior head margin longer than longitudinal posterior ocellus diameter (1.8
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) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively C head, frontal view D head, antennal scape and pedicel, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537892" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">11D</figureCitation>
); distance between apex of lower mandibular tooth and upper mandibular ridge distinctly less than mandibular height at base (0.73
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) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A head, fronto-lateral view B antenna C mandible, lateral view D mesosoma, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537893" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">12C</figureCitation>
); metanotal horns weakly developed, short, slightly longer than wide (1.15
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), parallel (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A head, fronto-lateral view B antenna C mandible, lateral view D mesosoma, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537893" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">12D</figureCitation>
); T1 rather long, 1.3
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as long as its maximal width (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A, B metasoma, dorsal and ventral views, respectively C 2 nd and 3 rd metasomal segments, ventro-lateral view D T 6 - T 7, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537895" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">14A</figureCitation>
); second metasomal segment with apical fringe of sparse fine white setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A, B metasoma, dorsal and ventral views, respectively C 2 nd and 3 rd metasomal segments, ventro-lateral view D T 6 - T 7, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537895" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">14A, B</figureCitation>
); lateral felt line on T2 about 0.85
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as long as distance between felt line and posterior tergal margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A, B metasoma, dorsal and ventral views, respectively C 2 nd and 3 rd metasomal segments, ventro-lateral view D T 6 - T 7, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537895" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">14C</figureCitation>
); S2 without median basal tubercle (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A, B metasoma, dorsal and ventral views, respectively C 2 nd and 3 rd metasomal segments, ventro-lateral view D T 6 - T 7, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537895" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">14B, C</figureCitation>
); genitalia with ventral lobes strongly bent inward, with outer margins strongly convex and apices directed posteriorly (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 33" captionStartId="F33" captionText="Figure 33. Male genitalia A, B Pseudophotopsis aurea (Klug), dorsal and ventral views, respectively C, D P. dhofarensis sp. nov., dorsal and ventral views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure33" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537914" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">33C, D</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Figure 11.</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (Male)
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habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively
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head, frontal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">D</emphasis>
head, antennal scape and pedicel, dorsal view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Figure 12.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (Male)
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head, fronto-lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">B</emphasis>
antenna
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">C</emphasis>
mandible, lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">D</emphasis>
mesosoma, dorsal view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Figure 13.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (Male)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">A</emphasis>
head and mesosoma, lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">B</emphasis>
right fore wing.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="4741766" doi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537895" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" start="Figure 14" startId="F14">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Figure 14.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Soliman" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dhofarensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (Male)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">A, B</emphasis>
metasoma, dorsal and ventral views, respectively
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">C</emphasis>
2nd and 3rd metasomal segments, ventro-lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">D</emphasis>
T6-T7, dorsal view.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Description of male holotype.</paragraph>
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Body length 9.5 mm.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Color</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively C head, frontal view D head, antennal scape and pedicel, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537892" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">11A-C</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A head, fronto-lateral view B antenna C mandible, lateral view D mesosoma, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537893" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">12B, C</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A, B metasoma, dorsal and ventral views, respectively C 2 nd and 3 rd metasomal segments, ventro-lateral view D T 6 - T 7, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537895" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">14B, D</figureCitation>
). Head, mesosoma, and first metasomal segment reddish-brown, T1 darkened at posterior margin; metasomal segments 2-6 blackish-brown to black, with posterior margins narrowly more or less yellow; last metasomal segment yellowish-brown, T7 lighter than S7 and S8 (hypopygium); antenna, palps, basal two-thirds of mandible, tegula and fore leg testaceous; mid and hind legs reddish-brown; apical third of mandible polished-chestnut colored, basal lower mandibular tooth darkened. Wings hyaline with yellowish-brown veins, pterostigma and Sc+R vein brown.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Setation</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively C head, frontal view D head, antennal scape and pedicel, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537892" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">11C, D</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A head, fronto-lateral view B antenna C mandible, lateral view D mesosoma, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537893" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">12A, C, D</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A head and mesosoma, lateral view B right fore wing." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537894" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">13A</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A, B metasoma, dorsal and ventral views, respectively C 2 nd and 3 rd metasomal segments, ventro-lateral view D T 6 - T 7, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537895" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">14A-D</figureCitation>
). Body including legs and basal third of mandible clothed with long erect white setae mixed with short suberect to recumbent setae on metasomal segments 2-7; T2 and S2 with apical fringes of sparse (not compact) white fine setae.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Head</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively C head, frontal view D head, antennal scape and pedicel, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537892" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">11C, D</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A head, fronto-lateral view B antenna C mandible, lateral view D mesosoma, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537893" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">12A-C</figureCitation>
). Densely setiferous punctate; head height (from free clypeal margin to vertex) 0.94
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maximal width; POD 2
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OOD; distance between posterior ocellus and posterior head margin 2
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as long as longitudinal posterior ocellus diameter; vertex broadly emarginate posteriorly; clypeus with well developed, lamellate, longitudinal median carina; distance between apex of mandibular lower tooth and upper mandibular ridge about 0.73
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as long as mandibular height at the base, subapically with two teeth, preapical tooth extremely small; pedicel as long as wide, 0.52
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as long as F1; F1 1.8
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as long as wide, as long as F2 and F3.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Mesosoma</emphasis>
(Figs
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;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A head and mesosoma, lateral view B right fore wing." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537894" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">13A</figureCitation>
). In dorsal view 1.8
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as long (excluding pronotal flange) as its maximal width; pronotal dorsal face setiferous foveate-reticulate, except for smooth and polished posterior margin, with humeral angles gently rounded, and lateral face horizontally carinulate near posterior margin; mesoscutum sparsely setiferous punctate, with complete notauli slightly diverging anteriorly; scutellum smooth on disc, densely setiferous foveolate laterally; metanotal horns short, parallel, scarcely longer than wide (1.15
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); propodeum setiferous areolate, gently sloping posteriorly; mesopleuron foveate-reticulate, except the smooth posterior margin of mesepimeron.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Fore wing</emphasis>
(Fig.
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). Cell 2R1 1.9
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as long as pterostigma, with rounded apex; anterior margin of 2R1 1.5
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as long as pterostigma; first discal cell (1M) about 0.75
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as long as 2R1; 3rd abscissa of Rs as long as crossvein r-rs; vein 1M convex.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Metasoma</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A, B metasoma, dorsal and ventral views, respectively C 2 nd and 3 rd metasomal segments, ventro-lateral view D T 6 - T 7, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537895" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">14A-D</figureCitation>
). T1 1.3
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as long as maximal width, setiferous foveate-reticulate; T2 0.9
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as long as its maximal width, densely setiferous foveate laterally mixed with small punctures, sparsely setiferous punctate basally and on disc, puncticulate along posterior margin, with polished interspaces between punctures; length of lateral felt line on T2 less than distance between felt line and posterior tergal margin (0.85
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); T3-T7 and S3-S6 setiferous punctulate (T7 with vague longitudinal median polished ridge); S2 foveate, foveae mixed with dense fine punctures, especially on sides; S2 without median basal tubercle; S8 (hypopygium) with median apical small tubercle.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Genitalia</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 33" captionStartId="F33" captionText="Figure 33. Male genitalia A, B Pseudophotopsis aurea (Klug), dorsal and ventral views, respectively C, D P. dhofarensis sp. nov., dorsal and ventral views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure33" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537914" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">33C, D</figureCitation>
). Cuspis of volsella narrow, digitate, not reaching apex of paramere, with few long setae; parapenial lobe oblique inward, with broadly rounded apex; ventral lobe extremely bent inward, having apex directed anteriorly, with strongly convex outer edge and serrulate inner edge.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Female.</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="361" type="recognition">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Recognition.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
The new species,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. dhofarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, resembles the Asian species,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. caucasica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Radoszkowski, 1885), in having the fore wing with yellow veins, S2 without a median basal tubercle, and T2 with the lateral felt line shorter than the distance between the felt line and the posterior tergal margin. However, it differs from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. caucasica</emphasis>
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in the following aspects: the distance between the posterior ocellus and posterior head margin 2
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as long as the longitudinal posterior ocellus diameter (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Pseudophotopsis dhofarensis sp. nov. (Male) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively C head, frontal view D head, antennal scape and pedicel, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537892" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">11D</figureCitation>
) (this distance slightly larger than the longitudinal posterior ocellus diameter in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. caucasica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); cuspis of volsella narrow, digitate, not reaching apex of paramere (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 33" captionStartId="F33" captionText="Figure 33. Male genitalia A, B Pseudophotopsis aurea (Klug), dorsal and ventral views, respectively C, D P. dhofarensis sp. nov., dorsal and ventral views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure33" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537914" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">33C, D</figureCitation>
) (somewhat broad, reaching apex of paramere in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. caucasica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see fig. 32(3) in
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); genital ventral lobe extremely bent inward, with a strongly convex outer edge and an apex directed anteriorly (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 33" captionStartId="F33" captionText="Figure 33. Male genitalia A, B Pseudophotopsis aurea (Klug), dorsal and ventral views, respectively C, D P. dhofarensis sp. nov., dorsal and ventral views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure33" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537914" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">33C</figureCitation>
) (this lobe only slightly bent inward, with the outer edge nearly straight, and an apex directed posteriorly in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. caucasica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see fig. 32(3) in
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="361" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
The new species,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. dhofarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, is named after Dhofar province (Oman) where the holotype male specimen was collected.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="361" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
Dhofar province (Oman) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Distribution map of P. aurea (Klug), P. binghami Bischoff, P. dhofarensis sp. nov., and P. maura Bischoff in the Arabian Peninsula." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537882" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">1</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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