Odontophotopsis aufidia Mickel

Boehme, Nicole F., Tanner, David A., Williams, Kevin A. & Pitts, James P., 2012, Faunal study of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) and their activity patterns and habitat preference at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nye County, Nevada, USA, Zootaxa 3587, pp. 1-45 : 16

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3587.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5627512
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scientific name	Odontophotopsis aufidia Mickel
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Odontophotopsis aufidia Mickel in Mickel & Clausen, 1983

Odontophotopsis (Odontophotopsis) aufidia Mickel in Mickel & Clausen, 1983: 541,

3. Holotype: California, Taft ( UMSP).

Diagnosis. MALE. This species is recognized by having the following combination of characters: the mandible is excised ventrally forming an angle and tapering towards the apex (see Pitts et al. 2009: Fig. 43), the mesosternum only has one pair of distinct spines, the metasternum is bidentate, and the pygidium is granulate, but is not defined laterally by carinae. Genitalia are illustrated by Pitts et al. (2009: Fig. 9 View FIGURES 2 – 11 ).FEMALE. Unknown.

Material examined. Type material. Holotype of O. aufidia : California, Taft, 12 Jun 1942, W.C. Cook ( UMSP) . Other material. Nevada, Nye Co., AMNWR: Non-dune site 2: 1 ♂, LT, 26–28.V.2009, NFB ; Non-dune site 4: 3 ♂, LT, 26–28.V.2009, NFB.

Distribution. USA (California and Nevada).

Activity. Males were active in early summer (late May 2010).

Remarks. Odontophotopsis aufidia were too rarely encountered to determine their habitat preference. Four O. aufidia males were collected in May via light trapping. Odontophotopsis aufidia was not found at the NTS. The taxonomy of this species is discussed in further detail in Pitts et al. (2009).