Pseudophotopsis aurea ( Klug 1829 )

Lelej, Arkady S. & Harten, Antonius Van, 2006, A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Yemen, Zootaxa 1226, pp. 1-50 : 7

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.172671

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6252931

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DB6B8792-FFA3-711E-FEFD-8925FBFEEE0E

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scientific name

Pseudophotopsis aurea ( Klug 1829 )
status

 

Pseudophotopsis aurea ( Klug 1829)

Mutilla aurea Klug 1829 : [18], tab. 4, fig. 13, Ψ "Ex Habissinia et Arabia deserta" [ Ethiopia and Arabia], syntypes in ZMHU.

Mutilla kassalina Magretti 1898: 42 , ♂, holotype "Kassala" [ Sudan]. New Synonymy.

Pseudophotopsis kassalina: Magretti 1906: 40 , ♂; Bischoff 1920: 99, ♂; Nonveiller 1974: 105, ♂.

Ephutomma continua var. aurea: Magretti 1906: 37 , Ψ ( Eritrea); Bischoff 1920: 151, ♂ ( Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia).

Ephutomma continua aurea: Invrea 1956: 301 , Ψ ( Somalia).

Pseudophotopsis aurea: Nonveiller 1974: 105 , Ψ ( Yemen).

Pseudophotopsis continua arabica Hammer 1962: 2 , Ψ, holotype "Sufean, Lahej, Aden" [ Yemen]. New Synonymy.

Material examined

Yemen: Sanaa, II–III.1998, MT, AvH, 1 Ψ [ ZMAN]; Ta’izz, 26–28.IV. 1998, LT, AvH & A. Awad, 1 ɗ [ ZMAN]; 12 km NW Manakhah, 24.VI–4.VIII.2003, MT, AvH, 1 Ψ [ RMNH].

Distribution

Yemen, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia ( Nonveiller 1974).

Remarks

This is a very distinct species. Golden apical fringes on T2–T 5 in female (T2–T 6 in male) and hypostomal carina shape are common characters for both sexes.

ZMAN

Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoologie, Zoologisch Museum

RMNH

National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mutillidae

Genus

Pseudophotopsis

Loc

Pseudophotopsis aurea ( Klug 1829 )

Lelej, Arkady S. & Harten, Antonius Van 2006
2006
Loc

Pseudophotopsis kassalina:

Nonveiller 1974: 105
1974
Loc

Pseudophotopsis aurea:

Nonveiller 1974: 105
1974
Loc

Ephutomma continua aurea:

Invrea 1956: 301
1956
Loc

Mutilla kassalina

Magretti 1898: 42
1898
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