Physetopoda defixa ( Invrea, 1953 ) Parejo-Pulido & Romano, 2024

Parejo-Pulido, Daniel & Romano, Marcello, 2024, Notes on Iberian Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) part I: a new species, new records and some taxonomic and faunistic remarks, Zootaxa 5477 (5), pp. 501-536 : 516

* Physetopoda defixa ( Invrea, 1953) , comb. nov.

Smicromyrme defixa Invrea, 1953: 287 , ♂; Lelej 2002: 73.

Smicromyrme defixus : Pagliano et al. 2020: 194.

Material examined. Type material. MOROCCO. Holotype, ♂, Amizmiz , Grand Atlas , Maroc / 16.VI.1947 / Naef leg. / F. Invrea det. / Colección J. Suárez [ MNCN _Ent 96037] . Additional material. MOROCCO. 1♂, labelled “Comparado al tipo” / Guerrouane , Maroc / 3.VI.1944 / Ch. Rungs leg. / J. Suárez det. 1969 / Colección Suárez [ MNCN _Ent 96036] .

Distribution: Morocco ( Pagliano et al. 2020; this study).

Remarks. According to existing keys for the tribe Smicromyrmini (e.g. Lelej 1985, 2002; Pagliano & Strumia 2007), this species should be classified within Physetopoda genus for the following reasons: 1) felt lines are located on the sides of T2, unlike Smicromyrme , which typically exhibits them on both T2 and S2; 2) basivolsellar setae notably protrude beyond the apex of gonostylus ( Fig. 8E ), compared to that of Smicromyrme species which are no longer beyond the volsellar cuspis. For a detailed description of this species see Invrea (1953).

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FIGURE 8. Physetopoda defixa (Invrea) comb. nov., male, Morocco, holotype [MNCN_Ent 96037]. A habitus, dorsal view; B habitus, lateral view; C head, lateral view; D propodeum, dorsal view; E genitalia.