Odontophotopsis setifera Schuster, 1952

Wilson, Joseph S., 2017, Nocturnal Velvet Ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, California with the description of three new species, Zootaxa 4319 (2), pp. 329-367 : 346

Odontophotopsis setifera Schuster, 1952

Odontophotopsis (Odontophotopsis) setifera Schuster, 1952 . Brooklyn Ent. Soc., 47: 47–49, ♂. Holotype data: California, Riverside County, Palms to Pines Highway ( UMSP).

Odontophotopsis (Odontophotopsis) setifera Schuster, 1958 . Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 56, ♂.

Diagnosis of male. This species can be recognized by its unique mandibular morphology. The mandible has the apex vertical and has four teeth with the dorsal tooth separated from the remaining teeth by a deep sinus (see Boehme et al. 2012: Fig. 17 ). Other potentially useful characters are listed in Pitts (2007) and Pitts et al. (2009). Genitalia are illustrated by Pitts (2007: Figs 30, 31).

Female. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype data: California, Riverside County, Palms to Pines Highway , 28 May 1940, R.M. Bohart ( UMSP) . JTNP: 18–21.Jul.2012: 8 ♂ S18.

Distribution. USA (Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah) and northern Mexico (Baja California).

Activity. This species is seemingly rare at JTNP.

Remarks. A more thorough taxonomic discussion of this species can be found in Pitts (2007). This species is currently placed in the O. setifera species-group with O. biramosa (see discussion for this species). This species is seemingly rare throughout its range ( Table 2 & 3; e.g. Ferguson 1967; Pitts 2007; Wilson et al. 2010; Pitts et al. 2010a; Boehme et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 18. Odontophotopsis dalyi, sp. nov., genitalia, 13. ventral view, 14. dorsal view; Odontophotopsis odontoloxia, sp. nov., genitalia, 15. ventral view, 16. dorsal view; and Photomorphus schoenwerthi, sp. nov., genitalia, 17. ventral view, 18. dorsal view.