Cosmocomopsis, Huber, 2015

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2021, Illustrated key to the genera and catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 5036 (1), pp. 1-166 : 25-26

COSMOCOMOPSIS Huber, 2015

( Figs 102–106 )

Cosmocomopsis Huber, 2015: 22 . Type species: Ooctonus sevae Risbec, 1955 , by subsequent designation.

Diagnosis. Cosmocomopsis is distinguished from other members of the Gonatocerini by the following combination: face with subantennal sulci ( Fig. 103 ); vertex with 2 setae between ocelli; female antenna with fu 8 having 4 mps and clava with about 15 mps in 3 whorls ( Fig. 104 ); pronotum divided medially by longitudinal sulcus, the pronotal lobes almost abutting ( Fig. 106 ); metanotum with dorsellum thin and strap-like, almost parallel-sided but with slight bulge medially ( Fig. 106 ); propodeum with submedian lines almost abutting, appearing almost as a single median carina ( Fig. 106 ); fore wing without microtrichia behind and just beyond venation ( Fig. 105 ); petiole as long as metacoxa ( Fig. 106 ); gt 1 with posterior margin strongly sinuate.

Discussion. Cosmocomopsis belongs to the Gonatocerus group of genera, treated formally as Gonatocerini in Huber (2015). In the Afrotropical region this group also includes Gonatocerus , Heptagonatocerus , Lymaenon , Octomicromeris , Tanyxiphium and Zeyanus . Cosmocomopsis species are most similar to some species of Lymaenon from Madagascar. Some Lymaenon species also have only 2 setae between the ocelli clava and apical funicle segments with more numerous mps than usual and a long gastral petiole, but the fore wing microtrichia extend to the base of the parastigma, the pronotal lobes are well separated from each other and the dorsellum is more distinctly strap-like.

Afrotropical hosts. Orthoptera.

Important reference. Huber (2015).

Figures

FIGURES 102, 103. Cosmocomopsis spp., holotype. 102, C. mopsis Huber, habitus; 103, C. flopsis Huber, head, anterior. Scale bars: 102 = 500 μm; 103 = 200 μm.

FIGURES 104–106. Cosmocomopsis mopsis Huber, holotype. 104, antenna; 105, wings; 106, mesosoma + petiole, dorsal. Scale bars: 104, 105 = 100 μm; 106 = 200 μm.