Skorikovia sanguinicollis ( Klug, 1829 )

Lelej, Arkady S., 2024, Revision of the Palaearctic genus Skorikovia Ovtchinnikov, 2002 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Zootaxa 5529 (1), pp. 52-72 : 67

7. Skorikovia sanguinicollis ( Klug, 1829)

( Figs 53–55 )

Mutilla sanguinicollis Klug, 1829 : n. 8; ♂, tab. 4, fig. 8, holotype, ♂, “Tscheile Lachterie in des[erto] juxta frutices [ Egypt, Alexandria - Baker 1997] / sanguinicollis Kl. [handwritten] / Tscheile Ehrenberg. S. / 6429 /Type / Zool. Muz, Berlin / Smicromyrme elongata (Rad.) B. Petersen det. 198_ / Holotypus Mutilla sanguinicollis Klug / Skorikovia sanguinicollis (Klug) Lelej det. 2011” [ MNHU], examined; Sichel & Radoszkowski 1870: 297, ♂; Dalla Torre 1897: 83, ♂.

Ephutomma sanguinicollis : André 1902c: 20, ♂; André 1910: 27, ♂; Bischoff 1920: 154, ♂; Lelej 2002: 53; Pagliano et al. 2020: 173.

Smicromyrme sanguinicollis : Invrea 1932: 74, ♂ ( Libya).

Skorikovia sanguinicollis : Lelej & Williams 2023: 128, ♂.

Diagnosis. MALE. Inner metacoxal carina without apical tooth. Ocelli large, diameter of anterior ocellus almost 2.0 × distance between anterior and lateral ocellus. Volsellar cuspis wide, apically weakly curved inside. Mesosoma ferruginous-red with brownish-red propodeum, pleurae beneath and legs. T1 lateral length 0.5 × T2 lateral length; T1 totally reddish. T2 above felt line with sparse punctures, interspaces equal or more than diameter of punctures. T5–7 with black setae. Body length 10.0 mm. FEMALE. Unknown.

Material examined. (1♂). Holotype only.

Distribution. Egypt, Libya.

Remarks. This is the only African species in the genus. It does carry all the features, including of genitalia prepared by B. Petersen, of true Skorikovia and there are some color features that fit north African species of Dentilla Lelej in Lelej & Kabakov, 1980.

Figures

FIGURES 44–55. 44, 47. Skorikovia elongata, female, South-East Kazakhstan; 45, 48. S. maxim sp. nov., female, paratype; 46, 50. S. trinotata, female, Volgograd; 49. S. radosdzkovskii, female, Dagestan; 51, 52. S. serta, female, lectotype. 53–55. S. sanguinicollis, male, holotype. 44–46. Head, face view; 47–51. T6, dorsal view; 52, 55. Labels. 53. Habitus, lateral view; 54. Genitalia, ventral view.