Artiotilla afghanica (Suárez, 1979)

Lelej, A. S., 2020, TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF VELVET ANTS OF THE GENERA ARTIOTILLA INVREA, RADOSZKOWSKITILLA LELEJ AND TAIWANOMYRME TSUNEKI (HYMENOPTERA: MUTILLIDAE), Far Eastern Entomologist 410, pp. 1-10 : 3

Artiotilla afghanica (Suárez, 1979)

Glossomyrme afghanica Suárez, 1979: 74 , ♂, holotype, Afghanistan: Darunta , Prov. de

Nengrahar (!), 700 m, 11.IV 1966, Povolný & Tenora [ Afghanistan: Nangarhar Prov.] in

Musei Moraviae, Brno, Czech Republic.

Glossomyrme afghanica Suárez, 1981: 160 , ♂, holotype, Afghanistan: Darunta , Prov. de

Nengrahar (!), 700 m, 11.IV 1966, Povolný & Tenora. Objectively invalid name: junior homonym and junior objective synonym of Glossomyrme afghanica Suárez, 1979 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Aghanistan: Nuristan Province, Kamdesh, 1400–

2200 m, 15–20.IX 1971, 1 ♂ (O. N. Kabakov) / Glossomyrme afghanica Suár. , ♂,

F. Suárez det. 1978 [ IBSS]; Avragal , Pech River, 18.VI 1971, 1 ♂ (O.N. Kabakov)

[ IBSS]. Pakistan: Balochistan, 19 km W of Kach vill., 30°35'N 67°16'E, 28.VII

2005, 2 ♂ (S.V. Ovchinnikov); Wam vill., Pil Forest , 30°26'18"N 67°26'23", 2213

m, 29.VII–5.VIII 2005, 6 ♂ (S.V. Ovchinnikov); same place, 7.IX 2005, 3 ♂ (S.V.

Ovchinnikov); Loralal–Zhob Road, Sulaiman Range before Zhob, 9.VIII 2005, 1 ♂

(S.V. Ovchinnikov); North-West Frontier [currently Khyber Pakhtunkhwa], Peshawar–

Islamabad Road , bridge across Indus River, 33°53'N 72°18'E, 1.IX 2005, 1 ♂ (S.V.

Ovchinnikov) [all specimens in IBSS]. Iran: Sistan va Balouchestan, Nikshahr, 8–

10.IV 1973, 1 ♂ (Borumand & Safavi); Hormozgan, Kuh-e-Geno Bagh Tang, 410

m, 7–8.V 1977, 1 ♂ (A. Pazuki).

DISTRIBUTION. Afghanistan: Nuristan, Nangarhar; * Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balohistan, * Iran: Sistan va Balouchestan, Hormogan.