Dentilla saharica ( Giner Mari, 1945 )

14. Dentilla saharica ( Giner Mari, 1945)

( Figs 55–57)

Ephutomma saharica Giner Mari, 1945: 253 , fig. 17, ♂, type locality: "Tizguerrentz /Tuisguirrentz/ Tizgui Remz" [ Western Sahara 1, 28°25ʹ14ʺN, 09°12ʹ57ʺW ( Louveaux et al. 2022)] [MNCN]; 1947: 28.

Smicromyrme (Dentilla) saharica : Lelej & Kabakov 1980: 195, ♂.

Dentilla saharica : Lelej 1985: 191, ♂; 2002: 52, ♂; Brothers & Lelej 2017: 56; Pagliano et al. 2020: 171.

1 Currently , the Province of Assa-Zag belongs to Morocco, but MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) is working according to the settlement proposals accepted on 30 August 1988 by Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguia el-Hamra y de Río de Oro (POLISARIO Front) .

Diagnosis. MALE.Anterior border of clypeus with broad medial projection whose dorsal length about half its width. Mandible quadridentate, below with subbasal tooth. Length of first metasomal segment less than its maximum width. OOD nearly 2.0 × diameter of lateral ocellus. Legs pale, slightly brownish. Head and mesosoma brownish red. Metasternum 4-toothed, lateral teeth clearly higher than median teeth. Apical part of forewings darkened. First mandibular inner subbasal tooth small, sharp. Body length 8.0– 12.5 mm. FEMALE. Unknown.

Material examined. (4♂). Morocco: Assa-Zag Province , Aouinet - Torkoz, Draa, 20–24.X.[19]74, J. Mateu // Eremomyrme saharica (Gin.) , ♂, J. Suárez det., 1976, 2♂ [ IBSS]; Maader Aster , Oued , Tigzirt, Draa, 26.X.1971, J. Mateu // Eremomyrme saharica (Gin.) , ♂, J. Suárez det., 1976, 1♂ [ IBSS] . Algeria: Beni Abbés , Sahara Algérien, 4–11.IV.1965, J. Mateu // Eremomyrme saharica (Gin.) , ♂, J. Suárez det., 1976, 1♂ [ IBSS] .

Distribution. Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria.

Remarks. My record of this species from Sudan ( Lelej 2002) was wrong and belongs to the Dentilla bischoffi Lelej , sp. nov.