Miscophus imitans GINER MARI, 1945

Schmid, Christian, Al, Ali & J, A -, 2022, The genus Miscophus JURINE, 1807 in Arabian Peninsula and southern Israel with description of seven new species (Hymenoptera, Spheciformes), Linzer biologische Beiträge 54 (1), pp. 319-340 : 334

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7507544
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7507811
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scientific name	Miscophus imitans GINER MARI, 1945
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Miscophus imitans GINER MARI, 1945 View in CoL

Miscophus imitans GINER Marí, 1945: 240 View in CoL , ♀, ♁. Syntypes: Morocco: Saguia el Hamra area (MNCN). GADALLAH (2020), checklist for Arabian Peninsula.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d (only listed for Arabian Peninsula ): OMAN, Dhofar province: 2♀♀ 27.ix.2021 8 km W Taqah 17,046 N 54,331 E (leg. M. Halada; coll. CSE) GoogleMaps , SAUDI ARABIA: 1♀ 20.x.1979 Jeddah ( MHNB) . UAE: 1♀ 15.ii.2015 Abu Dhabi ( CSE) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel. AP: Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE.

R e m a r k: Both examined females from Oman differ from females from Israel and north African by an all orange red abdomen (T4-6 black in other specimens) and by a small yellow band on AS 3 below (all black). One specimens is also larger (8.3 mm) than avarage M. imitans from the Mediterranean area (7.0- 7.5 mm).