Miscophus paolorosai SCHMID- EGGER, 2011

Miscophus paolorosai SCHMID- EGGER, 2011: 552. ♀ ♁, holotype ♀ UAE (CSE). SCHMID- EGGER (2014), new records from UAE. GADALLAH (2020), checklist for Arabian Peninsula.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: OMAN, northern Provinces; 1♀ 07.iii.2022, 18 km SW Sur 22,463 N 59,387 E (CSE, in yellow pan traps) ; 1♀ 01.iv.2020, Al Kamel 22.257 N 59.169 E (AJ) .

R e m a r k: M. grangeri, described from Algeria, is very close to M. paolorosai and differs by a distinct bluish shimmer of head, mesosoma and abdomen (black in M. paolorosai). Propodeal dorsum lacks the fine longitudinal keel of M. paolorosai, the medial part is somewhat irregulary sculptured in M. grangeri; and AS 3 is black in M. grangeri, and at least red below in M. paolorosai . POL of M. grangeri female is 2.0x HD, in M. paolorosai only 1.0x HD.

D i s t r i b u t i o n AP: UAE, Oman.