Odontophotopsis bellona Mickel, 1983 in Mickel & Clausen, 1983

Odontophotopsis (Odontophotopsis) bellona Mickel, 1983, in Mickel & Clausen, 1983. Ann. Amer. Ent. Soc. 76: 541. ♂. Holotype data: Arizona, Pima County, Cortaro (UMSP).

Diagnosis of male. This species is differentiated by having the mandible tridentate with a large basal tooth on the ventral margin (Mickel & Clausen 1983: Fig. 17) and by the pygidium being defined laterally by carinae and having distinctly granulate sculpturing. Also this species has a mesosternal process that is bifid apically (Pitts et al. 2009: Fig. 106; and Mickel & Clausen 1983: Fig. 25). The genitalia are illustrated in Fig. 4 by Pitts (2007) and by Mickel & Clausen (1983: Fig. 4).

Female. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype data: Arizona, Pima County, Cortaro, 2100 ft, 5 Jun 1969, J. Burger (UMSP) . JTNP: 18–21.Jul.2012: 4 ♂ N9; 5 ♂ N7; 8 ♂ N5; 6 ♂ N3; 2 ♂ N1; 11 ♂ T; 8 ♂ S1; 15 ♂ S3; 1 ♂ S5; 4 ♂ S7; 6 ♂ S9; 2 ♂ S11; 7 ♂ S13; 40 ♂ S18. 26–28.Aug.2012: 1 ♂ N3; 3 ♂ T; 27 ♂ S1; 45 ♂ S3; 35 ♂ S5; 6 ♂ S7; 6 ♂ S9; 6 ♂ S11; 5 ♂ S13; 3 ♂ S18. 22–24.Sep.2012: 1 ♂ N3; 6 ♂ S1; 17 ♂ S3; 4 ♂ S5; 10 ♂ S7; 33 ♂ S9; 1 ♂ S11; 3 ♂ S13; 6 ♂ S18.

Distribution. USA (Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah).

Activity. This species is seemingly active throughout the season at JTNP.

Remarks. This species is in the O. parva species-group and is discussed in further detail in Pitts et al. (2009). Although this species is found in the Mojave Desert (e.g. Boehme et al. 2012), this species seems to be more abundant in more southern areas of the Mojave Desert (Table 2 & 3) and into the Sonoran Desert (e.g., Mickel & Clausen, 1983; Wilson et al. 2010; Pitts et al. 2009, 2010a).