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<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFF5FFE14FE6F3D98" bold="true" box="[151,391,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Acrophotopsis dirce</emphasis>
(
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)
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<taxonomicName id="A2DBA7B1FFAEFFCFFF5FFE5DFE713E5D" authority="Fox, 1899" authorityName="Fox" authorityYear="1899" box="[151,409,510,532]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dirce">
<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFF5FFE5DFEF73E5D" box="[151,287,510,532]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Mutilla dirce</emphasis>
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. Amer. Ent. Soc., Trans. 25: 257,
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.
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:
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, Tucson, coll.
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,
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no. 4651 (
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<taxonomicName id="A2DBA7B1FFAEFFCFFF5FFD9FFDAE3E1B" authority="Schuster 1958" authorityName="Schuster" authorityYear="1958" box="[151,582,572,594]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Acrophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eurygnathus">
<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFF5FFD9FFE433E1B" box="[151,427,572,594]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Acrophotopsis eurygnathus</emphasis>
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. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 11 (in key), 65, ♂. Holotype: USA, Arizona,
<taxonomicName id="A2DBA7B1FFAEFFCFFB3DFD9FFA7F3E1B" ID-CoL="4NHM" authority="Co., Globe" authorityName="Co., Globe" box="[1269,1431,572,594]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Cyprinidae" genus="Gila" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Gila Co., Globe</taxonomicName>
,
<date id="1165FAF2FFAEFFCFFF0FFDF9FED03E39" box="[199,312,602,624]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" value="1949-07-08">8.VII.1949</date>
, coll. Werner &amp; Nutting (CASC). Synonymized by Pitts &amp; Wilson (2009).
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<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFF5FFD3EFE993EFF" bold="true" box="[151,369,669,694]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Diagnosis of male.</emphasis>
This species is highly autapomorphic and has distinct genitalia with thick, flattened parameres that overlap
<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFEEBFD61FE8F3E90" box="[291,359,706,729]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">in situ</emphasis>
and stout cuspidis (
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Pitts &amp; McHugh 2002:
<figureCitation id="FDE0C0B7FFAEFFCFFC86FD62FC3E3E93" box="[846,982,705,730]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 9 12" captionStart-1="FIGURES 13 18" captionStartId-0="19.[151,264,1449,1471]" captionStartId-1="20.[151,264,1377,1399]" captionTargetBox-0="[269,1325,311,1415]" captionTargetBox-1="[309,1285,816,1331]" captionTargetId-0="figure@19.[254,1332,301,1427]" captionTargetId-1="figure@20.[283,1304,805,1355]" captionTargetPageId-0="19" captionTargetPageId-1="20" captionText-0="FIGURES 9 12. Photomorphus schoenwerthi, sp. nov., 9. habitus; 10. head, frontal view; 11. mesosternum; and 12. pygidium." captionText-1="FIGURES 13 18. Odontophotopsis dalyi, sp. nov., genitalia, 13. ventral view, 14. dorsal view; Odontophotopsis odontoloxia, sp. nov., genitalia, 15. ventral view, 16. dorsal view; and Photomorphus schoenwerthi, sp. nov., genitalia, 17. ventral view, 18. dorsal view." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/892301/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/892303/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Figs. 1214</figureCitation>
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); the apices of the cuspis are armed with straight, stout spines and the internal border of the cuspidis are armed with short, stout, ventrally curving spines, as well as sparse setae (
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Pitts &amp; McHugh 2002:
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,
<figureCitation id="FDE0C0B7FFAEFFCFFD2FFCA9FCEE3F6B" box="[743,774,778,802]" captionStart="FIGURES 13 18" captionStartId="20.[151,264,1377,1399]" captionTargetBox="[309,1285,816,1331]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[283,1304,805,1355]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURES 13 18. Odontophotopsis dalyi, sp. nov., genitalia, 13. ventral view, 14. dorsal view; Odontophotopsis odontoloxia, sp. nov., genitalia, 15. ventral view, 16. dorsal view; and Photomorphus schoenwerthi, sp. nov., genitalia, 17. ventral view, 18. dorsal view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/892303/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">14</figureCitation>
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). Additionally, this species lacks mesosternal armature, but has a flattened hypopygidium that is emarginated apically and carinate laterally, and a metasoma that is darker than the head and mesosoma, or has the integument of the mesosoma at least darkened under felt lines.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFF0FFCD6FE503FC7" bold="true" box="[199,440,885,910]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Diagnosis of female.</emphasis>
The female of
<taxonomicName id="A2DBA7B1FFAEFFCFFDAEFCD5FD573FC4" authorityName="Fox" authorityYear="1899" box="[614,703,885,909]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dirce">
<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFDAEFCD5FD573FC4" box="[614,703,885,909]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">A. dirce</emphasis>
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can be separated from that of
<taxonomicName id="A2DBA7B1FFAEFFCFFBD1FCD5FAA53FC7" authority="Schuster" authorityName="Schuster" box="[1049,1357,885,910]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Acrophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="campylognatha">
<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFBD1FCD5FB0E3FC4" box="[1049,1254,885,909]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">A. campylognatha</emphasis>
Schuster
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by the mesosoma and second metasomal tergum being only densely punctate (see Pitts &amp; Wilson, 2009:
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) and the setae on the dorsum of the mesosoma and centrally on the second tergum being distinctly reddish-brown.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6564DC32FFAEFFCFFF0FFC42FA99382F" blockId="5.[151,1437,669,1378]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">
<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFF0FFC42FE5A3FB3" bold="true" box="[199,434,993,1018]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Material examined.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A2DBA7B1FFAEFFCFFE74FC42FD603FB0" authority="Fox" authorityName="Fox" authorityYear="1899" box="[444,648,993,1017]" class="Insecta" family="Crabronidae" genus="Mutilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dirce">
<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFE74FC42FDB93FB0" box="[444,593,993,1017]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Mutilla dirce</emphasis>
Fox
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, Holotype: Arizona, Tucson, coll. Wickham, type no. 4651 (ANSP).
<taxonomicName id="A2DBA7B1FFAEFFCFFF5FFBA6FDD23857" authority="Schuster" authorityName="Schuster" authorityYear="1958" box="[151,570,1029,1054]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Acrophotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eurygnathus">
<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFF5FFBA6FE263854" box="[151,462,1029,1053]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Acrophotopsis eurygnathus</emphasis>
Schuster
</taxonomicName>
Holotype: USA, Arizona,
<taxonomicName id="A2DBA7B1FFAEFFCFFCB4FBA6FBD23857" authority="Co., Globe" authorityName="Co., Globe" box="[892,1082,1029,1054]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Cyprinidae" genus="Gila" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cypriniformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Gila Co., Globe</taxonomicName>
,
<date id="1165FAF2FFAEFFCFFB82FBA5FB203857" box="[1098,1224,1030,1054]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" value="1949-07-08">8.VII.1949</date>
, coll. Werner and Nutting (CASC). JTNP:
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: 1 ♂ N9; 20 ♂ N7; 4 ♂ N5; 3 ♂ N3; 12 ♂ N1; 9 ♂ T; 1 ♂ S1; 1 ♂ S5; 3 ♂ S9; 1 ♂ S13; 19 ♂ S18.
<date id="1165FAF2FFAEFFCFFE6FFBEEFD80382F" box="[423,616,1101,1126]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" value="2012-08-26" valueMax="2012-08-28" valueMin="2012-08-26">2628.Aug.2012</date>
: 6 ♂ S1; 1 ♂ S3; 6 ♂ S9; 4 ♂ S18.
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: 1 ♂ N3; 4 ♂ S9.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFF0FFBD2FE8838C3" bold="true" box="[199,352,1137,1162]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Distribution.</emphasis>
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(
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,
<collectingRegion id="A71F12D0FFAEFFCFFDDFFBD2FD6438C3" box="[535,652,1137,1162]" country="United States of America" name="California" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">California</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="A71F12D0FFAEFFCFFD5FFBD2FD0438C3" box="[663,748,1137,1162]" country="United States of America" name="Nevada" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Nevada</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion id="A71F12D0FFAEFFCFFCEBFBD2FCB338C3" box="[803,859,1137,1162]" country="United States of America" name="Utah" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Utah</collectingRegion>
) and northern
<collectingRegion id="A71F12D0FFAEFFCFFC37FBD2FBBC38C3" box="[1023,1108,1137,1162]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">
<collectingCountry id="1DCC9CA2FFAEFFCFFC37FBD2FBBC38C3" box="[1023,1108,1137,1162]" name="Mexico" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Mexico</collectingCountry>
</collectingRegion>
(
<collectingRegion id="A71F12D0FFAEFFCFFBACFBD1FB5138C3" box="[1124,1209,1138,1162]" country="Mexico" name="Sonora" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Sonora</collectingRegion>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6564DC32FFAEFFCFFF0FFB36FC3438E4" blockId="5.[151,1437,669,1378]" box="[199,988,1173,1198]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">
<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFF0FFB36FEC338E7" bold="true" box="[199,299,1173,1198]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Activity.</emphasis>
This species seems to be active earlier in the season at JTNP.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="2DC18FB9FFAEFFCFFF0FFB1AFD2C392B" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="6564DC32FFAEFFCFFF0FFB1AFD2C392B" blockId="5.[151,1437,669,1378]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">
<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFF0FFB1AFED3389B" bold="true" box="[199,315,1209,1234]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Remarks.</emphasis>
This genus was reviewed by
<bibRefCitation id="014AA1C3FFAEFFCFFD4AFB1AFC66389B" author="Pitts" box="[642,910,1209,1234]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" refString="Pitts, J. P. &amp; McHugh, J. V. (2002) Revision of Acrophotopsis (Mutillidae: Sphaeropthalminae), with a new species from Baja California. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 11, 363 - 374." type="journal article" year="2002">Pitts &amp; McHugh (2002)</bibRefCitation>
, and Pitts &amp; Wilson (2009). It is closely related to
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<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFF7CFB7EFEB938BC" box="[180,337,1245,1269]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Dilophotopsis</emphasis>
Schuster
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="A2DBA7B1FFAEFFCFFE39FB7EFC6C38BF" authority="Pitts (Pitts 2003)" authorityName="Pitts (Pitts" authorityYear="2003" box="[497,900,1245,1270]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Schusterphotopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFE39FB7EFD5538BC" box="[497,701,1245,1269]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">Schusterphotopsis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
, with which it shares having the hypopygidium flattened and carinate posterolaterally. Although this species is found in the Mojave Desert (e.g.
<bibRefCitation id="014AA1C3FFAEFFCFFB23FAA1FA7F3953" author="Ferguson" box="[1259,1431,1281,1306]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" refString="Ferguson, W. E. (1967) Male Sphaeropthalmine mutillid wasps of the Nevada Test Site. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, 8, 1 - 26. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 7443" type="journal article" year="1967">Ferguson 1967</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="014AA1C3FFAEFFCFFF5FFA86FEC93977" author="Allred" box="[151,289,1317,1342]" pageId="5" pageNumber="334" refString="Allred, D. M. (1973) Additional records of mutillid wasps from the Nevada Test Site. Great Basin Naturalist, 33, 156 - 162." type="journal article" year="1973">Allred 1973</bibRefCitation>
as
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<emphasis id="57AF0020FFAEFFCFFE85FA85FE183974" box="[333,496,1317,1341]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="334">A. eurygnatha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), this species seems to be more abundant in more southern areas of the Mojave Desert and into the Sonoran Desert (
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&amp;
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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