Holopyga bifrons Abeille de Perrin, 1878

Holopyga bifrons Abeille de Perrin, 1878: 3. Holotype ♂, Algeria: Bône (MNHN).

Material examined. Algeria. Annaba: ♂ holotype, Bône [= Annaba] (MNHN); Laghouat: 1♂, Tadjemout, 20.vi.1943, leg. Linsenmaier (NMLU) . Tunisia. Medenine: 1♂, Djerba, 14 km SE Houmt Souk, 33°50’N, 11°00’ E, 7.v.1992, leg. J. Gusenleitner (NMLU) ; 1♀, Djerba, Malboubine env., 7.iv.2002, leg. P. Rosa (PRC) .

Distribution. Algeria, Tunisia (Linsenmaier, 1999).

Remarks. Holopyga bifrons was included by Linsenmaier (1999) in the H. miranda group; it conversely belongs to the H. amoenula group (see below). Apart from colouring features, namely blue face, contrasting with the red head in dorsal view, and mesosoma ventrally metallic, both unlike H. miranda, tarsal claws multidentate instead of bifid are a diagnostic feature of the H. amoenula group (tarsal claws examination based on non type specimen).