Acanthophotopsis Schuster, 1958

Williams, Kevin A., 2025, Color syndrome terminology for velvet ant females (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae and Myrmosidae), Zootaxa 5684 (1), pp. 1-238 : 16-17

Acanthophotopsis Schuster, 1958 —The species are keyed in Williams et al. (2025, in prep.).

Fig. 73 — Acanthophotopsis bequaerti Schuster, 1958 : Code 1/1, length 7.8 mm, USA (NA), Arizona, Canelo Pass (31.47 -110.57), CASC. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA. This sex association will be published in Williams et al. (2025, in prep.) .

Fig. 74 — Acanthophotopsis dorophora Schuster, 1958 : Code 1/4, length 7.6 mm, USA (NA), Nevada, Clark Co., Slim Creek below Blue Point Spring (36.39 -114.43), CASC. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA. This sex association will be published in Williams et al. (2025, in prep.) .

Fig. 75 — Acanthophotopsis evansii Schuster, 1958 : Code 1/1, length 7.3 mm, USA (NA), New Mexico, Otero Co., Fort Bliss , Highway 506 (32.51 -105.93), UTIC. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA. This sex association will be published in Williams et al. (2025, in prep.) .

Fig. 76 — Acanthophotopsis falciformis Schuster, 1958 : Code 1/4, length 6.4 mm, USA (NA), Arizona, Yuma Co., Dateland (32.80 -113.54), CSCA. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA. This sex association will be published in Williams et al. (2025, in prep.) .

Fig. 77 — Acanthophotopsis snellingi Tanner & Pitts, 2009 : Code 1/4, length 5.9 mm, Mexico (NA), Durango, 20 mi S Rodeo (24.95 -104.48), AMNH. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA. This sex association will be published in Williams et al. (2025, in prep.) .

Fig. 78 — Acanthophotopsis virguncula (Blake, 1886) : Code 1/1, length 7.7 mm, USA (NA), Colorado: Las Animas Co., Model (37.37 -104.24), EMUS. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA. This sex association and genus placement will be published in Williams et al. (2025, in prep.).

Figures

FIGURES 73–108. Sphaeropthalminae: Sphaeropthalmini, part 1. Dorsal habitus. Scale bars represent actual specimen length.