Macroocula nitida nitida (Bischoff, 1920)

Gadallah, Neveen S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M., Aldryhim, Yousif N., Fadl, Hassan, Elgharbawy, Ali A. & Pagliano, Guido, 2014, Apterogyninae (Hymenoptera: Bradynobaenidae) from Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3754 (4), pp. 491-497 : 493

* Macroocula nitida nitida (Bischoff, 1920)

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Apterogyna nitida Bischoff 1920: 42 , ♂.

Material examined. Saudi Arabia: Ibex Reserve, 1♀, 11.IX. 2007, sticky trap; 3♀, 11.I. 2008, pitfall trap. Distribution. Saudi Arabia (new record), Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Western Sahara, Mali, Mauritania ( Invrea 1953, Pagliano 2002), Tunisia, Senegal, Sudan ( Pagliano 2002).

Remarks. Female: head (including antenna, base of mandible), mesosoma, metasomal segment 1 orange, T2, T3 posteriorly and most of T4 red (Fig.7), T6 dark orange to red, longitudinally striate anterad and posterad smooth and shiny, laterally with sharp spines (Fig. 8).