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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.82.65252" ID-GBIF-Dataset="142ee8b9-8eb6-46c6-842a-88af6c2798ee" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1314-2607-82-361" ID-Pensoft-UUID="85B70BB83E44587FAA6E7D6B26D82A6F" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4741754" ID-ZooBank="C2CA4E54C2FE42DB806A6770DB6B5832" ModsDocID="1314-2607-82-361" checkinTime="1619783719098" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Soliman, Ahmed Mostafa" docDate="2021" docId="BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6" docLanguage="en" docName="JourHymenoptRes 82: 361-415" docOrigin="Journal of Hymenoptera Research 82" docPubDate="2021-04-29" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.82.65252" docTitle="Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff 1920" docType="treatment" docVersion="4" id="85B70BB83E44587FAA6E7D6B26D82A6F" lastPageNumber="361" masterDocId="85B70BB83E44587FAA6E7D6B26D82A6F" masterDocTitle="The velvet ant genus Pseudophotopsis Andre, 1896 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of two new species" masterLastPageNumber="415" masterPageNumber="361" pageNumber="361" updateTime="1678755765704" updateUser="pensoft">
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<mods:title>The velvet ant genus Pseudophotopsis Andre, 1896 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of two new species</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName LSID="BDFD3959-FF03-5B95-8AAF-40B3163C43F6" authority="Bischoff, 1920" authorityName="Bischoff" authorityYear="1920" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudophotopsis maura" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maura">Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff, 1920</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively C, D head, frontal and dorsal views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537904" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Figures 23</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A head, lateral view B antenna C mesosoma, dorsal view D right fore wing." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537905" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">, 24</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A metasoma, dorsal view B 1 st and 2 nd metasomal segments latero-ventral view (median basal tubercle on S 2 indicated)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537906" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">, 25</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Female) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537907" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">, 26</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Female) A head, frontal view B head and antennal scape, dorsal view C antenna D mesosoma, dorsal view E head and mesosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537908" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">, 27</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Female) A T 1 and T 2, dorsal view B T 3 - T 6, dorsal view C T 6 (showing pygidial area) D metasoma, lateral view (median basal tubercle on S 2 indicated)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537909" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">, 28</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 34" captionStartId="F34" captionText="Figure 34. Male genitalia A, B Pseudophotopsis mascatiana Invrea, dorsal and ventral views, respectively C, D P. maura Bischoff, dorsal and ventral views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure34" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537915" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">; 34C, D</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Bischoff" authorityYear="1920" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudophotopsis kokpetica subsp. maura" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="kokpetica" subSpecies="maura">Pseudophotopsis kokpetica subsp. maura</taxonomicName>
Bischoff, 1920: 98, (♂),
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(Tunisia).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Ephutomma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ephutomma continua subsp. aegyptiaca" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="continua" subSpecies="aegyptiaca">Ephutomma continua subsp. aegyptiaca</taxonomicName>
Bischoff, 1920: 151, (♀), (Egypt). New synonymy.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Male</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively C, D head, frontal and dorsal views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537904" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">23</figureCitation>
-
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A metasoma, dorsal view B 1 st and 2 nd metasomal segments latero-ventral view (median basal tubercle on S 2 indicated)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537906" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">25</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 34" captionStartId="F34" captionText="Figure 34. Male genitalia A, B Pseudophotopsis mascatiana Invrea, dorsal and ventral views, respectively C, D P. maura Bischoff, dorsal and ventral views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure34" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537915" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">34C, D</figureCitation>
). Body length 11-16.5 mm. Metasomal segments darkened, at most 7th segment yellowish-brown to red (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively C, D head, frontal and dorsal views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537904" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">23A, B</figureCitation>
); antenna brown (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A head, lateral view B antenna C mesosoma, dorsal view D right fore wing." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537905" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">24B</figureCitation>
); fore wing hyaline, frequently with brownish tint around first cubital vein (Cu1) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A head, lateral view B antenna C mesosoma, dorsal view D right fore wing." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537905" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">24D</figureCitation>
); POD 2.15-2.6
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
OOD (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively C, D head, frontal and dorsal views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537904" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">23D</figureCitation>
); head convergent behind eyes (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively C, D head, frontal and dorsal views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537904" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">23D</figureCitation>
); distance between apex of lower mandibular tooth and upper mandibular ridge slightly longer than mandibular height at base (1.1-1.15
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A head, lateral view B antenna C mesosoma, dorsal view D right fore wing." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537905" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">24A</figureCitation>
); F1 as long as F2 (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A head, lateral view B antenna C mesosoma, dorsal view D right fore wing." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537905" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">24B</figureCitation>
); metanotal horns well developed, parallel to slightly diverging distally, distinctly longer than wide (about 1.5
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A head, lateral view B antenna C mesosoma, dorsal view D right fore wing." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537905" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">24C</figureCitation>
); T1 as long as maximal width or slightly shorter (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A metasoma, dorsal view B 1 st and 2 nd metasomal segments latero-ventral view (median basal tubercle on S 2 indicated)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537906" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">25A</figureCitation>
); lateral felt line on T2 nearly as long as distance between felt line and posterior tergal margin; S2 with small median basal tubercle (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Male) A metasoma, dorsal view B 1 st and 2 nd metasomal segments latero-ventral view (median basal tubercle on S 2 indicated)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537906" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">25B</figureCitation>
); cuspis of volsella narrow apically, digitate, not reaching apex of paramere (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 34" captionStartId="F34" captionText="Figure 34. Male genitalia A, B Pseudophotopsis mascatiana Invrea, dorsal and ventral views, respectively C, D P. maura Bischoff, dorsal and ventral views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure34" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537915" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">34D</figureCitation>
); parapenial lobe slightly oblique inward, with rounded apex (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 34" captionStartId="F34" captionText="Figure 34. Male genitalia A, B Pseudophotopsis mascatiana Invrea, dorsal and ventral views, respectively C, D P. maura Bischoff, dorsal and ventral views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure34" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537915" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">34C</figureCitation>
); genital ventral lobe short, robust, oblique inward, with outer margin straight (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 34" captionStartId="F34" captionText="Figure 34. Male genitalia A, B Pseudophotopsis mascatiana Invrea, dorsal and ventral views, respectively C, D P. maura Bischoff, dorsal and ventral views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure34" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537915" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">34D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Figure 23.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bischoff" authorityYear="1920" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudophotopsis maura" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maura">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Pseudophotopsis maura</emphasis>
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Bischoff (Male)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">A, B</emphasis>
habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">C, D</emphasis>
head, frontal and dorsal views, respectively.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Figure 24.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bischoff" authorityYear="1920" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudophotopsis maura" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maura">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Pseudophotopsis maura</emphasis>
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Bischoff (Male)
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head, lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">B</emphasis>
antenna
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">C</emphasis>
mesosoma, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">D</emphasis>
right fore wing.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Figure 25.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bischoff" authorityYear="1920" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudophotopsis maura" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maura">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Pseudophotopsis maura</emphasis>
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Bischoff (Male)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">A</emphasis>
metasoma, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">B</emphasis>
1st and 2nd metasomal segments latero-ventral view (median basal tubercle on S2 indicated).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Female</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Female) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537907" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">26</figureCitation>
-
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Female) A T 1 and T 2, dorsal view B T 3 - T 6, dorsal view C T 6 (showing pygidial area) D metasoma, lateral view (median basal tubercle on S 2 indicated)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537909" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">28</figureCitation>
). Body length 13-18 mm. Head and mesosoma (including legs) dark red (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Female) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537907" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">26A, B</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Female) A head, frontal view B head and antennal scape, dorsal view C antenna D mesosoma, dorsal view E head and mesosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537908" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">27A, B, D</figureCitation>
); metasoma black, T6 with reddish tint (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Female) A, B habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537907" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">26A, B</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Female) A T 1 and T 2, dorsal view B T 3 - T 6, dorsal view C T 6 (showing pygidial area) D metasoma, lateral view (median basal tubercle on S 2 indicated)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537909" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">28A-D</figureCitation>
); flagellomeres bright red to orange, F9-F10 lighter (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Female) A head, frontal view B head and antennal scape, dorsal view C antenna D mesosoma, dorsal view E head and mesosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537908" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">27C</figureCitation>
). Propodeal disc, T2 and T3 with erect dark brown setae (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Female) A head, frontal view B head and antennal scape, dorsal view C antenna D mesosoma, dorsal view E head and mesosoma, lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537908" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">27E</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Female) A T 1 and T 2, dorsal view B T 3 - T 6, dorsal view C T 6 (showing pygidial area) D metasoma, lateral view (median basal tubercle on S 2 indicated)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537909" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">28D</figureCitation>
); T1-T5 and S2-S5 with apical fringes of a belt of compact white setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Female) A T 1 and T 2, dorsal view B T 3 - T 6, dorsal view C T 6 (showing pygidial area) D metasoma, lateral view (median basal tubercle on S 2 indicated)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537909" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">28A-D</figureCitation>
). Distance between apex of mandibular lower tooth and upper mandibular ridge nearly as long as mandibular height at base; S2 with large median basal tubercle (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Pseudophotopsis maura Bischoff (Female) A T 1 and T 2, dorsal view B T 3 - T 6, dorsal view C T 6 (showing pygidial area) D metasoma, lateral view (median basal tubercle on S 2 indicated)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537909" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">28D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Figure 26.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bischoff" authorityYear="1920" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudophotopsis maura" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maura">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Pseudophotopsis maura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Bischoff (Female)
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habitus, lateral and dorsal views, respectively.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="4741796" doi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537908" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" start="Figure 27" startId="F27">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Figure 27.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bischoff" authorityYear="1920" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudophotopsis maura" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maura">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Pseudophotopsis maura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Bischoff (Female)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">A</emphasis>
head, frontal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">B</emphasis>
head and antennal scape, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">C</emphasis>
antenna
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">D</emphasis>
mesosoma, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">E</emphasis>
head and mesosoma, lateral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="4741798" doi="10.3897/jhr.82.65252.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/537909" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" start="Figure 28" startId="F28">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Figure 28.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bischoff" authorityYear="1920" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudophotopsis maura" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maura">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Pseudophotopsis maura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Bischoff (Female)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">A</emphasis>
T1 and T2, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">B</emphasis>
T3-T6, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">C</emphasis>
T6 (showing pygidial area)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">D</emphasis>
metasoma, lateral view (median basal tubercle on S2 indicated).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="361" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Material examined</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
(
<specimenCount type="male">22 males</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">8 females</specimenCount>
) from
<collectingCountry name="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
.
</emphasis>
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(JA),
<date value="1987-05-28">28.v.1987</date>
, leg. M. D. Gallagher [NMB];
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(IR2),
<date value="2007-06-16">16.vi.2007</date>
, PT, leg. Al-Dryhim et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(IR1),
<date value="2007-11-05">5.xi.2007</date>
, PT, leg. Al-Dryhim et al. [KSMA];
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2010-05-17" collectorName="Al-Dhafer H., El-Torkey A." location="Baljurashi" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:CC69A6351F0D6ACEA0825ACB1D7369A8" name="Baljurashi">Baljurashi</location>
),
<collectingDate value="2010-05-17">17.v.2010</collectingDate>
, SW, leg.
<collectorName>Al-Dhafer H.</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName>El-Torkey A.</collectorName>
[KSMA]
</materialsCitation>
;
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(DS),
<date value="2010-06-20">20.vi.2010</date>
, PT, Al-Dhafer et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(KH1),
<date value="2011-04-13">13.iv.2011</date>
, LT, leg. Al-Drahim et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(KH2),
<date value="2011-06-07">7.vi.2011</date>
, LT, leg. Al-Drahim et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(KH1),
<date value="2011-11-14">14.xi.2011</date>
, LT, leg. Al-Drahim et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">2♂</specimenCount>
(RK1),
<date value="2012-05-27">27.v.2012</date>
, LT, leg. Al-Dhafer et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(RK2),
<date value="2012-05-27">27.v.2012</date>
, LT, leg. Al-Dhafer et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(RF3),
<date value="2015-04-10">10.iv.2015</date>
, LT, leg. Al-Dhafer et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">2♂</specimenCount>
(RS1),
<date value="2015-05-20">20.v.2015</date>
, LT, leg. Abdel-Dayem M. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(RS2),
<date value="2015-05-20">20.v.2015</date>
, LT, leg. Abdel-Dayem M. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(RH2),
<date value="2015-08-26">26.viii.2015</date>
, PT, leg. Al-Dhafer et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(WH1),
<date value="2015-10-12">12.x.2015</date>
, PT, leg. Abdel-Dayem M. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(WH2),
<date value="2015-10-12">12.x.2015</date>
, PT, leg. Abdel-Dayem M. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(RH1),
<date value="2015-10-26">26.x.2015</date>
, PT, leg. Al-Dhafer et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(RH2),
<date value="2015-10-26">26.x.2015</date>
, PT, leg. Al-Dhafer et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">3♂</specimenCount>
(RH4),
<date value="2015-10-27">27.x.2015</date>
, LT, leg. Al-Dhafer et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">3♂</specimenCount>
(RF2),
<date value="2015-10-15">15.x.2015</date>
, LT, leg. Al-Dhafer et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(RF1),
<date value="2015-10-15">15.x.2015</date>
, LT, leg. Al-Dhafer et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(SH6),
<date value="2015-11-15">15.xi.2015</date>
, LT, leg. Al-Dhafer et al. [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(WR1),
<date value="2015-11-18">18.xi.2015</date>
, LT, leg. AMS [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(WD),
<date value="2018-05-09">9.v.2018</date>
, LT, leg. AMS [KSMA];
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(WBR),
<date value="2018-06-08">8.vi.2018</date>
, LT, leg. AMS [KSMA].
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="361" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Material examined</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
(
<specimenCount type="male">6 males</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">18 females</specimenCount>
) from
<collectingCountry name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
.
</emphasis>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1909-10-31" collectorName="Ferrnt" location="Zeitoun" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Cairo">
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:170249C5AB324A83FAA376EEB4775840" name="Zeitoun" stateProvince="Cairo">Zeitoun</location>
(
<collectingRegion country="Egypt" name="Al Qahirah">Cairo</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingDate value="1909-10-31">31.x.1909</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>Ferrnt</collectorName>
[ESEC]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1913-08-03" location="Pyramids" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="3" stateProvince="Giza">
<specimenCount type="female">3♀</specimenCount>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:26B8CECE06B6F1B43484E1187BCDA1C8" name="Pyramids" stateProvince="Giza">Pyramids</location>
(
<collectingRegion country="Egypt" name="Al Jizah">Giza</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingDate value="1913-08-03">3.viii.1913</collectingDate>
[PPDD]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1913-08-22" location="Qalyubiya" municipality="El-Alag" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Al Jizah">
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
,
<collectingMunicipality>El-Alag</collectingMunicipality>
(
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:51458916F22BF0092811B06BE9E74C27" municipality="El-Alag" name="Qalyubiya" stateProvince="Al Jizah">Qalyubiya</location>
),
<collectingDate value="1913-08-22">22.viii.1913</collectingDate>
[PPDD]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1914-10-12" location="Ain Shams" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="Cairo">
<specimenCount type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:9F9576405087FD73375405EEC848B48B" name="Ain Shams" stateProvince="Cairo">Ain Shams</location>
(
<collectingRegion country="Egypt" name="Al Qahirah">Cairo</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingDate value="1914-10-12">12.x.1914</collectingDate>
[PPDD]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1916-12-05" location="Ein Romani" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="North Sinai">
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:A62CA55E6A6F88698EAB27A0A7BEFE65" name="Ein Romani" stateProvince="North Sinai">Ein Romani</location>
(
<collectingRegion country="Egypt" name="Shamal Sina'">North Sinai</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingDate value="1916-12-05">5.xii.1916</collectingDate>
[PPDD]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1924-05-29" collectingDateMax="1924-05-31" collectingDateMin="1924-05-29" location="Wadi Digla" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Cairo">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:D1105D0BA64BD586433B738283DB2FF3" name="Wadi Digla" stateProvince="Cairo">Wadi Digla</location>
(
<collectingRegion country="Egypt" name="Al Qahirah">Cairo</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingDate value="1924-05-29" valueMax="1924-05-31" valueMin="1924-05-29">29-31.v.1924</collectingDate>
, LT [PPDD]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1925-04-30" location="Wadi Gharaba" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="South Sinai">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:FB68C286E86B48CB7886BBB479E77FDC" name="Wadi Gharaba" stateProvince="South Sinai">Wadi Gharaba</location>
(
<collectingRegion country="Egypt" name="Janub Sina'">South Sinai</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingDate value="1925-04-30">30.iv.1925</collectingDate>
, LT [PPDD]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1925-07-08" location="Borqash" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="Giza">
<specimenCount type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:78B8C98FEE0D485C7A62A880CAE0806C" name="Borqash" stateProvince="Giza">Borqash</location>
(
<collectingRegion country="Egypt" name="Al Jizah">Giza</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingDate value="1925-07-08">8.vii.1925</collectingDate>
[PPDD]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1926-08-12" location="Helwan" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Al Jizah">
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:38B02D9B4C68FB59581B85C4D09BE45E" name="Helwan" stateProvince="Al Jizah">Helwan</location>
,
<collectingDate value="1926-08-12">12.viii.1926</collectingDate>
[PPDD]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1926-11-24" location="Kafr Hakim" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="Giza">
<specimenCount type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:73E61AB7CBEFD18CC1A26C80DAFB5A74" name="Kafr Hakim" stateProvince="Giza">Kafr Hakim</location>
(
<collectingRegion country="Egypt" name="Al Jizah">Giza</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingDate value="1926-11-24">24.xi.1926</collectingDate>
[PPDD]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1928-08-11" location="Salloum" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="Matruh">
<specimenCount type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:1D64114F838932A4FED98D55A205C140" name="Salloum" stateProvince="Matruh">Salloum</location>
(
<collectingRegion country="Egypt" name="Matruh">Matruh</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingDate value="1928-08-11">11.viii.1928</collectingDate>
[PPDD]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1934-11-17" collectorName="Farag" location="Helwan" municipality="Wadi Um Elek" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Matruh">
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
<collectingMunicipality>Wadi Um Elek</collectingMunicipality>
(
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:2F1BFD571BA70315172E622401E4F7D0" municipality="Wadi Um Elek" name="Helwan" stateProvince="Matruh">Helwan</location>
),
<collectingDate value="1934-11-17">17.xi.1934</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>Farag</collectorName>
[PPDD]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1933-01-16" location="Gabal Elba" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Red Sea">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:0A3E1CDC4683B1F2274344A8E252535C" name="Gabal Elba" stateProvince="Red Sea">Gabal Elba</location>
(
<collectingRegion country="Egypt" name="Al Bahr al Ahmar">Red Sea</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingDate value="1933-01-16">16.i.1933</collectingDate>
, LT [PPDD]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1937-12" location="Km Cairo-Suez" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Suez">
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
; 100
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:6ADB08E3F5BF105DDB1B69B6D3C74FE4" name="Km Cairo-Suez" stateProvince="Suez">Km Cairo-Suez</location>
road (
<collectingRegion country="Egypt" name="As Suways">Suez</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingDate value="1937-12">Dec. 1937</collectingDate>
[ESEC]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1990-03" location="Wadi Arbaein" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="South Sinai">
<specimenCount type="male">2♂</specimenCount>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:7D3496856A79B967C38FFD57163632CA" name="Wadi Arbaein" stateProvince="South Sinai">Wadi Arbaein</location>
(
<collectingRegion country="Egypt" name="Janub Sina'">South Sinai</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingDate value="1990-03">March 1990</collectingDate>
[AMS collection]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1990-03" location="Wadi Isla" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="South Sinai">
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:D06733C71ADD67C1DDF58034FDBAB9A4" name="Wadi Isla" stateProvince="South Sinai">Wadi Isla</location>
(
<collectingRegion country="Egypt" name="Janub Sina'">South Sinai</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingDate value="1990-03">March 1990</collectingDate>
[AMS collection]
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2007-08-17" location="Al-Manayif" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Ismailiyah">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BDFD3959FF035B958AAF40B3163C43F6:DDE5FC3F9B316A042E2D2DC4072D6358" name="Al-Manayif" stateProvince="Ismailiyah">Al-Manayif</location>
(
<collectingRegion country="Egypt" name="Al Isma'iliyah">Ismailiyah</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingDate value="2007-08-17">17.viii.2007</collectingDate>
, LT [AMS collection]
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="361" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. aegyptiaca" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aegyptiaca">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. aegyptiaca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which is known from females only, has a very similar local (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>
) and global distribution as
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. maura" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maura">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. maura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is known from males only. For the current study, seven
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. aegyptiaca" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aegyptiaca">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. aegyptiaca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimens were collected from the Riyadh region (central Saudi Arabia), and a single specimen from Baljurashi (Al-Baha). The same is true for
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. maura" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maura">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. maura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, except for two specimens collected from Shada Al-Ala Natural Reserve (Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia) and Jabal Akhadar (Oman), the remaining 20 specimens were collected from the Riyadh region (sometimes from the same sites and within a short period of time when females
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. aegyptiaca" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aegyptiaca">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. aegyptiaca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were collected as in the site RH2). In terms of global distribution, both species are distributed in North Africa and Israel, while
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. maura" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maura">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. maura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has recently been recorded in Yemen (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1226.1.1" author="Lelej, AS" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" pagination="1 - 50" refId="B29" refString="Lelej, AS, van Harten, A, 2006. A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Yemen. Zootaxa 1226 (1): 1 - 50, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1226.1.1" title="A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Yemen." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1226.1.1" volume="1226" year="2006">Lelej and van Harten 2006</bibRefCitation>
), and both species are now recorded in Saudi Arabia (in addition to Oman for
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. maura" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maura">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. maura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). In terms of morphological characteristics (color pattern and body shape), both species have the head and mesosoma dark red and the metasoma blackish-brown to black, and a robust body. Based on these findings,
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. aegyptiaca" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aegyptiaca">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. aegyptiaca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bischoff) (female) and
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. maura" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maura">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">P. maura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Bischoff (male) are conspecific, and should be synonymized. Since both available names were published simultaneously, and both as subspecies (although of different species in different genera), the choice of the name to be considered valid rests with the &quot;first reviser&quot;. I hereby synonymize
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Ephutomma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ephutomma continua subsp. aegyptiaca" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="continua" subSpecies="aegyptiaca">Ephutomma continua subsp. aegyptiaca</taxonomicName>
Bischoff, 1920 with
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Bischoff, 1920 for the following reason:
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bischoff" authorityYear="1920" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudophotopsis maura" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maura">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Pseudophotopsis maura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was originally described in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Andre" authorityYear="1896" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudophotopsis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Pseudophotopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, whereas
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudophotopsis aegyptiaca" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aegyptiaca">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Pseudophotopsis aegyptiaca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was not.
</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">
Abyan,
<normalizedToken originalValue="Sana’a">Sana'a</normalizedToken>
, and Socotra provinces (Yemen) (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1226.1.1" author="Lelej, AS" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" pagination="1 - 50" refId="B29" refString="Lelej, AS, van Harten, A, 2006. A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Yemen. Zootaxa 1226 (1): 1 - 50, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1226.1.1" title="A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Yemen." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1226.1.1" volume="1226" year="2006">Lelej and van Harten 2006</bibRefCitation>
;
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); Ad-Dakhiliyah province (Oman) (new record); Al-Baha, Jazan &amp; Riyadh regions (southwestern and central Saudi Arabia) (new record) (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>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="361" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Global distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="361">
Algeria, Chad, Israel, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen (including Socotra Island) (
<bibRefCitation author="Lelej, AS" journalOrPublisher="Dalnauka, Vladivostok" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" refId="B26" refString="Lelej, AS, 2002. Catalogue of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of the Palaearctic Region. Dalnauka, Vladivostok" title="Catalogue of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of the Palaearctic Region." year="2002">Lelej 2002</bibRefCitation>
;
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;
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.15" author="Gadallah, NS" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" pagination="141 - 152" refId="B19" refString="Gadallah, NS, Lelej, AS, Brothers, DJ, 2020. Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Vespoidea, Mutillidae. Zootaxa 4754 (1): 141 - 152, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.15" title="Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Vespoidea, Mutillidae." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.15" volume="4754" year="2020">Gadallah et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
); Egypt (
<bibRefCitation author="Bischoff, H" journalOrPublisher="Revue d'Entomologie" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" refId="B7" refString="Bischoff, H, 1920. Monographie der Mutilliden Afrikas [part]. Archiv fuer Naturgeschichte 86A (1/3): 1-480." title="Monographie der Mutilliden Afrikas [part]. Archiv fuer Naturgeschichte 86 A (1 / 3): 1 - 480." year="1920">Bischoff 1920</bibRefCitation>
as
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Ephutomma continua aegyptiaca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
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&amp;
<bibRefCitation author="Pagliano, G" journalOrPublisher="Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" pagination="5 - 425" refId="B35" refString="Pagliano, G, Brothers, DJ, Cambra, R, Lelej, AS, Lo Cascio, P, Matteini Palmerini, M, Scaramozzino, PL, Williams, KA, Romano, M, 2020. Checklist of names in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera), with illustrations of selected species. Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino 36 (1-2): 5 - 425" title="Checklist of names in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera), with illustrations of selected species." volume="36" year="2020">Pagliano et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
as
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Pseudophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudophotopsis aegyptiaca" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="361" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aegyptiaca">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="361">Pseudophotopsis aegyptiaca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), Oman (new record); Saudi Arabia (new record).
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