Tricholabiodes chloroticus (Gribodo 1884)

Mutilla chlorotica Gribodo 1884: 391, ♂, lectotype ♂ " Yemen merid., Tes, I­1800, R. Mazoni", designated Suárez 1989: 131 [MSNG].

Tricholabiodes chlorotica: Invrea 1965b: 64, ♂ (Yemen); Suárez 1989: 131, ♂.

Material examined

Yemen: Al Kowd, IX.1999, LT, AvH & S. Al Haruri, 1 ɗ [ZMAN]; XI.2000, LT, AvH & S. Al Haruri, 1 ɗ [ZMAN]; XII.2000, LT, AvH & S. Al Haruri, 1 ɗ [ZMAN]; I.2001, LT, AvH & S. Al Haruri, 1 ɗ [IBSS]; II. 2001, LT, AvH & S. Al Haruri, 1 ɗ [ZMAN]; Saudi Arabia, 1 ɗ (coll. Schmid­Egger, Germany]

Distribution

Yemen (Suárez 1989), Saudi Arabia (new record).

Remarks

Bischoff (1920) erroneously synonymized Mutilla chlorotica Gribodo, 1884 with Mutilla testacea Klug 1829 . The former belongs to the genus Tricholabiodes Radoszkowski 1885, the latter to the genus Dentilla Lelej 1980 . Both species occur in Yemen.