Pseudophotopsis aurea (Klug 1829)

Mutilla aurea Klug 1829: [18], tab. 4, fig. 13, Ψ "Ex Habissinia et Arabia deserta" [Ethiopia and Arabia], syntypes in ZMHU.

Mutilla kassalina Magretti 1898: 42, ♂, holotype "Kassala" [Sudan]. New Synonymy.

Pseudophotopsis kassalina: Magretti 1906: 40, ♂; Bischoff 1920: 99, ♂; Nonveiller 1974: 105, ♂.

Ephutomma continua var. aurea: Magretti 1906: 37, Ψ (Eritrea); Bischoff 1920: 151, ♂ (Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia).

Ephutomma continua aurea: Invrea 1956: 301, Ψ (Somalia).

Pseudophotopsis aurea: Nonveiller 1974: 105, Ψ (Yemen).

Pseudophotopsis continua arabica Hammer 1962: 2, Ψ, holotype "Sufean, Lahej, Aden" [Yemen]. New Synonymy.

Material examined

Yemen: Sanaa, II–III.1998, MT, AvH, 1 Ψ [ZMAN]; Ta’izz, 26–28.IV. 1998, LT, AvH & A. Awad, 1 ɗ [ZMAN]; 12 km NW Manakhah, 24.VI–4.VIII.2003, MT, AvH, 1 Ψ [RMNH].

Distribution

Yemen, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia (Nonveiller 1974).

Remarks

This is a very distinct species. Golden apical fringes on T2–T 5 in female (T2–T 6 in male) and hypostomal carina shape are common characters for both sexes.