Pseudophotopsis aurea (KLUG , 1829)

Pseudophotopsis aurea (KLUG, 1829)

Ephutomma continua var. aurea ( KLUG, 1829) : MAGRETTI 1906: 26 (key ♀), 37 (taxonomy, Ghinda, Maio, Massawa, Omkullo, Saati), 86 (catalogue Eritrea).

Ephutomma continua subsp. aurea ( KLUG, 1829) : BISCHOFF 1920: 149 (key ♁), 151 (taxonomy, Amphila Bay, Assaorta, Dissei near Keren, Ghirda = Ghinda, Massawa (leg. “Benani” = Beccari), Saati, Gr. Dalach = Dahlak Kebir).

Pseudophotopsis aurea ( KLUG, 1829) : NONVEILLER 1974: 98 (taxonomy), 104 (map 2), 105 (catalogue Afrotropical region).

Pseudophotopsis aurea ( KLUG, 1829) : PAGLIANO 2011: 46 ( Eritrea without exact locality, catalogue Zavattari Collection (Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino)).

Pseudophotopsis aurea ( KLUG, 1829) : LO CASCIO, ROMANO & GRITA 2012: 527 View Cited Treatment (taxonomy, Arafati = Arafali).

Pseudophotopsis aurea ( KLUG, 1829) : SOLIMAN 2021: 366 View Cited Treatment (fig. 1: map: Arabian Peninsula), 368- 369 (key species Arabian Peninsula), 369-70 (key species Arabian Peninsula), 370 (taxonomy, description ♀ ♁, Arafali), 371 (figs 3A-D), 372 (figs 4A-E), 373 (figs 5A-C), 374 (figs 6A, B), 375 (figs 7A-D), 376 (figs 8A-D), 377 (figs 9A-C).

Pseudophotopsis aurea ( KLUG, 1829) : PAGLIANO et al. 2020: 19 (world catalogue).

* Ephutomma bicolor ( OLIVIER, 1811): MAGRETTI 1906: 29 (key ♁), 38 (taxonomy, Keren – misidentification BISCHOFF 1920), 86 (catalogue Eritrea).

* Pseudophotopsis kassalina MAGRETTI, 1898: MAGRETTI 1906: 30 (key ♁), 40 (taxonomy, Arafali), 86 (catalogue Eritrea).

Pseudophotopsis kassalina MAGRETTI, 1898: NONVEILLER 1974: 102 (map 1), 105 (Arafali as forma semiaurata), catalogue Africa).

* Pseudophotopsis kassalina semiaurata n.f.: BISCHOFF 1920: 96 (key ♁), 99 (description ♁, Arafali). unavailable name

Pseudophotopsis kassalina f. semiaurata BISCHOFF, 1920: NONVEILLER 1974: 105 (taxonomy (synonym), Arafali).

Pseudophotopsis kassalina forma semiaurata BISCHOFF, 1920: LO CASCIO, ROMANO & GRITA 2012: 527 View Cited Treatment (synonym, unavailable name, Arafati = Arafali).

Pseudophotopsis kassalina f. semiaurata BISCHOFF, 1920: SOLIMAN 2021: 370 View Cited Treatment (taxonomy, Arafali), 378 (figs 10A-D).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Arafali, Ghinda, Maio, Massawa, Omkullo, Saati, Dahlak Kebir.

Pseudophotopsis aurea is known from the Afrotropical ( Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Socotra) and Palaearctic ( Saudi Arabia, Yemen) regions. Pseudophotopsis kassalina f. semiaurata BISCHOFF, 1920 is an unavailable name.