Odontophotopsis biramosa Schuster

Pitts, James P., 2007, Revision of Odontophotopsis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Part 1, with a description of a new Genus Laminatilla, Zootaxa 1619, pp. 1-43 : 18-19

Odontophotopsis biramosa Schuster

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Odontophotopsis (Odontophotopsis) biramosa Schuster, 1952 . Brooklyn Ent. Soc., 47: 43–47, male. Holotype: California, Imperial Co., Holtville , 2.Jul.1929, P.W. Owens (NMNH).

Odontophotopsis (Odontophotopsis) biramosa Schuster, 1958 . Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 37: 56, male.

Diagnosis. This species is differentiated from O. setifera by the mandible being tridentate ( Fig. 27 ), by the clypeus lacking short, peg-like setae, but having normal setae and a horseshoe-shaped tubercle posteromedially that overhangs the clypeus as a slight hood-like or nasutiform process ( Fig. 27 ), having a single mesosternal process on each side of the midline, and having the cuspis being approximately half the free length of the paramere ( Fig. 28 ).

Distribution. The Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of Arizona, California, and Nevada.

Material examined. USA, Arizona, Yuma Co., Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, 50 mi N, 6 males, 23– 24.Jun.2006, K.A. Williams ( EMUS); Quartzsite, 1 male, 21.May.2007, Pitts, Wilson, and Williams ( EMUS); Maricopa Co., Firebird Park , 0.5 mi N NW, 6 males, 12.Nov.1995, R. Johnson ( EMUS); Mohave Co., 1.Jul.1952, 1 male, R.H. and L.D. Beamer, C. Weiner, A. Wolf, C. Liang, W. LaBerge ( SEMC). California, Riverside Co., Blythe, 1 male, 17–19.Jul.1961, Japport ( CDFA); Corn Springs, 10 mi S Desert Center, 1 male, 17.Jul.2005, K.A. Williams ( EMUS); Palm Springs, 1 male, 6.Jun.1932, T. Zschokke ( UMSP), 3 males, 24.Aug.1932, T. Zschokke ( UAIC; UMSP); San Bernardino Co., 29 Palms, 10 mi. E, 4 males, 20.Jun.1961, 1 male, 15–18.Aug.1961 ( CDFA); Wonder Valley, 1 male, 20.Jun.2004, K.A. Williams ( EMUS). Nevada, Clark Co., Logandale, 2 males, 5.Aug.1959, F.D. Parker ( EMUS); Sandy, 1 male, 13.Aug.1959, F.D. Parker ( EMUS); Nye Co., Pahrump, 2 males, 24–25.Jun.2006, K.A. Williams; 5 males, 25.Jun.1959, 2 males, 20.Jul.1959, 11 males, 29.Jul.1959, 19 males, 30.Jul.1959, 10 males, 2.Aug.1959, 5 males, 4.Aug.1959, 17 males, 6.Aug.1959, 2 males, 10.Aug.1959, 5 males, 17.Aug.1959, 17 males, 24.Aug.1959, F.D. Parker ( EMUS; NVDA).

Remarks. Schuster described this species as new twice, first in 1952 and again with the same name in 1958.

Figures

FIGURES 23 – 31. Odontophotopsis quadridentata: Fig. 23. head, frontal view; Fig. 24. mesosternum, lateral view; Fig. 25. genitalia, dorsal view; Fig. 26. cuspis, lateral view, dorsum to the left. Odontophotopsis biramosa: Fig. 27. head, frontal view; Fig. 28. genitalia, dorsal view. Odontophotopsis setifera: Fig. 29. mesosternum, lateral view; Fig. 30. genitalia, dorsal view; Fig. 31. genitalia, lateral view.