Palaeoneura unimaculata ( Hayat & Anis 1999 ) TRIAPITSYN, SERGUEI V. & BEREZOVSKIY, VLADIMIR V., 2007

TRIAPITSYN, SERGUEI V. & BEREZOVSKIY, VLADIMIR V., 2007, Review of the Oriental and Australasian species of Acmopolynema, with taxonomic notes on Palaeoneura and Xenopolynema stat. rev. and description of a new genus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), Zootaxa 1455 (1), pp. 1-68 : 44

Palaeoneura unimaculata ( Hayat & Anis 1999) , comb. n.

Acmopolynema unimaculatum Hayat & Anis 1999: 299–300 . Type locality: Walayar Forest , Palghat, Kerala, India.

Type material examined Holotype female (on slide, BMNH): INDIA, Kerala, Palghat, Walayar, Forest , 4.iii.1993, S.I. Kazmi.

Additional material examined

INDIA: Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar, near Chalimar Gardens , 15.vi.1981, G. Gordh [1 female, UCRC]. Karnataka, Bangalore, 916 m, 1–10.vii.1988, K. Ghorpade [1 female, CNCI] . JAPAN, Kyushu Island, Fukuoka, Mt. Hiko , 24–31.x.1989, K. Takeno, M. Sharkey [1 female, CNCI] . PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Wau , 25.v.1982, P. Grootaert [1 female, CNCI] .

Diagnosis

FEMALE. See original description.

MALE. Unknown.

This species is close to the group of similar looking species of Palaeoneura from Queensland, Australia, particularly P. darwini , which also has a dark subapical spot on the forewing and a dark brown body, and P. silvifilia , which has a similar forewing and arrangement of setae on and near the marginal vein, but lacks the subapical dark spot and has a yellow body. Palaeoneura unimaculata cannot belong to Acmopolynema because it lacks the "V"-shaped propodeal carinae and the petiole is attached to the gastral tergum (as clearly seen in the dry-mounted specimen from Kashmir, India).

Distribution India, Japan [new record, see comments below], and Papua New Guinea [new record].

Comments

The specimen from Japan is only tentatively identified as P. unimaculata as it has a longer antenna and a few other, minor differences from the Indian specimens. A male specimen in CNCI (collection data: Indonesia, Ambon Island, 3°7'S, 128°2'E, 14–17.iii.1994, R.G. Holmberg) possibly also belongs to P. unimaculata though its forewing lacks a dark spot.