Photomorphus clandestina ( Viereck), 1903

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 : 347

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6032628
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scientific name	Photomorphus clandestina ( Viereck), 1903
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Odontophotopsis clandestinus Viereck, 1903 . Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 54: 740. ♂. Holotype data: New Mexico, Mesilla , July 31, T.D.A. Cockerell ( ANSP).

Diagnosis of male. This species is recognized by the mesosternum bearing tubercles that have apical transverse grooves, by the mesoscutum with pale white setae, by the apex of the fore wings usually without maculations, by the granulate pygidium, by the penal valve of the genitalia being hidden from view laterally by the parapenial lobes and by the cuspis being ~0.5× the free length of the paramere.

Diagnosis of female. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype data: USA: New Mexico, Mesilla, July 31, T.D.A. Cockerell ( ANSP) . JTNP: 18–21.Jul.2012: 2 ♂ S13.

Distribution. USA (Arizona, California, and New Mexico) and northern Mexico (Sonora).

Activity. This species was too rare at JTNP to assess its activity patterns.