Pseudophotopsis binghami Bischoff, 1920

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Pseudophotopsis binghami Bischoff, 1920

Figure 35C, D

Pseudophotopsis binghami Bischoff, 1920: 96, (♂ holotype), "Perso-Baluch. Frontier" (Iran).

Pseudophotopsis komarovii subsp. zarudnyi Skorikov, 1935: 292, (♂), "Kerman, strana Sargad, Tshah-i-Zaman" (Iran). Junior subjective synonym of Pseudophotopsis binghami Bischoff, 1920 according to Lelej, 1985: 83.

Diagnosis.

Male. Body length 8-17 mm. Head and mesosoma (including legs) brown; metasoma black, 1st segment entirely and S2-S7 lighter; flagellomeres light brown; fore wing hyaline, with brown veins. Head with prolonged temples, weakly convergent behind eyes; distance between posterior ocellus and posterior head margin longer than longitudinal posterior ocellus diameter; POD 2.1-2.5 × OOD; F1 slightly shorter than F2 (0.9 ×); basal lower mandibular tooth significantly bent downwards, distance between apex of lower tooth and upper mandibular ridge slightly longer than mandibular height at the base (see fig. 30 (8) in Lelej 1985); S2 with well developed median basal tubercle; T2 basally and laterally with small dense foveae, becoming sparse on disc (several diameters distance apart); cuspis of volsella narrow at tip (Fig. 35D ); parapenial lobe slightly oblique inward, with broadly rounded apex (Fig. 35C ); genital ventral lobe rather cylindrical, extending directly posteriorly, with broadly rounded apex (Fig. 35D ). ( Bischoff 1920; Lelej 1985).

Female. Unknown.

Material examined.

No specimens examined.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula.

Ash Sharqiyah South province (Oman) ( Monks et al. 2019) (Fig. 1 ).

Global distribution.

Central Asia, India, Iran, Oman ( Gadallah et al. 2020).

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution map of P. aurea (Klug), P. binghami Bischoff, P. dhofarensis sp. nov., and P. maura Bischoff in the Arabian Peninsula.

Figure 35. Male genitalia A, B Pseudophotopsis subaurea sp. nov., dorsal and ventral views, respectively C, D P. binghami Bischoff, dorsal and ventral views, respectively (modified from Lelej (1985)).