Philoctetes deflexus

Philoctetes deflexus (Abeille de Perrin, 1878) Holopyga deflexa Abeille de Perrin, 1878:2. Lectotype ♀ designated by Kimsey (1986); Egypt. Material examined. 1 ex., Yemen: Near Ta'izz, field on road to Mocha, ca 4,100ft 16.XII.1937 / B.M. Exp. to S.W. Arabia H. Scott & E.B. Britton. B.M. 1938 -246 / NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0001612 / Omalus (Philoctetes) deflexus Ab. det. Linsenmaier 1964 (NMLU). Distribution in Yemen. Ta'izz (Linsenmaier, 1994 as Omalus (Philoctetes) deflexus; present study); no specific locality (Strumia & Dawah, 2019) Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia (Linsenmaier, 1994 as Omalus (Philoctetes) deflexus; Strumia & Dawah, 2019), United Arab Emirates (Strumia, 2014). Extralimital distribution. Greece, Northern Africa, Sudan, Palestine, Syria (Kimsey & Bohart, 1991; Linsenmaier, 1994).