Polynema

Triapitsyn, Serguei V. & Fidalgo, Patricio, 2006, Definition of Doriclytus, stat. rev. as a subgenus of Polynema and redescription of its type species, P. (Doriclytus) vitripenne (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), Zootaxa 1362, pp. 55-68 : 60

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Polynema View in CoL (subgenus Polynema Haliday, 1833 ) s. str.

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Polynema Haliday 1833: 269 View in CoL , 347; Hincks 1950: 177–181; Kryger 1950: 90 –92; Annecke & Doutt 1961: 36 –37; Graham 1982: 227 –230; Schauff 1984: 52 –54; Yoshimoto 1990: 81 –84. Type species: Polynema flavipes Walker, 1846 View in CoL , designated by Huber & Bouček 2001: 280 –281.

Eutriche Nees 1834: 186 . Type species: Eutriche gracilis Nees, 1834 , by monotypy. Synonymized under Polynema View in CoL by Walker 1846: 52.

Cosmocoma Foerster 1856: 117 , 120 (unnecessary new name).

Maidliella Soyka 1946: 178 . Type species: Maidliella neofuscipes Soyka, 1946 , by original designation. Synonymized under Polynema View in CoL by Annecke & Doutt 1961: 36.

Novickyella Soyka 1946: 179 . Type species: Novickyella gracilior Soyka, 1946 , by original designation. Synonymized under Polynema View in CoL by Soyka 1956: 32.

Tarphypolynema Ogloblin 1960: 79 (as a subgenus of Barypolynema ). Type species: Barypolynema (Tarphypolynema) saga ( Girault, 1911) , by original designation. Syn. n.

Comments

Previous diagnoses of Polynema , among them the more recent ones by Graham (1982), Schauff (1984) and Yoshimoto (1990), generally apply to Polynema s. l. rather than to P. (P o l y n e m a) only.

The subgenus Polynema s. str. has a worldwide distribution, and, like P. ( Doriclytus ), includes many described and undescribed species. The type species of Polynema , P. flavipes Walker ( Huber & Bouček 2001) , belongs to Polynema s. str. Based on the redescription of P. g r a c i l e (Nees) by Graham (1973b) and our study of the recently collected specimens of this species (deposited in CNCI and UCRC), the type species of Eutriche also belongs to Polynema s. str. The types species of Maidliella and Novickyella , examined at NHMW by SVT, belong to Polynema s. str. as well.

Tarphypolynema Ogloblin was described as a subgenus of Barypolynema ( Ogloblin 1960) . However, we treat it as a junior synonym of P. (P o l y n e m a) because it has all the features typical of Polynema View in CoL s. str. Examined were (by SVT) numerous specimens (in CNCI, UCRC, and other collections) of its type species, P. (Polynema) saga (Girault) , from North America, including the holotype in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA (USNM).

References

Annecke, D. P. & Doutt, R. L. (1961) The genera of the Mymaridae Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea. Entomology Memoirs, Department of Agricultural Technical Services, Republic of South Africa, 5, 1 - 71.

Foerster, A. (1856) Hymenopterologische Studien. II Heft. Chalcidiae und Proctotrupii. Ernst ter Meer, Aachen, 156 pp.

Girault, A. A. (1911) Descriptions of North American Mymaridae with synonymic and other notes on described genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 37 (3), 253 - 324.

Graham, M. W. R. de V. (1973 b) The identity of Eutriche gracilis Nees (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). Entomologist's Gazette, 24, 362 - 364.

Graham, M. W. R. de V. (1982) The Haliday collection of Mymaridae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with taxonomic notes on some material in other collections. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, B 82, 189 - 243.

Haliday, A. H. (1833) An essay of the classification of the parasitic Hymenoptera of Britain, which correspond with the Ichneumones minuti of Linnaeus. Entomological Magazine, 1, 259 - 276, 333 - 350.

Huber, J. T. & Boucek, Z. (2001) Polynema Haliday, 1833 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): designation of Polynema flavipes Walker, 1846, as the type species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 10 (2), 280 - 281.

Kryger, J. P. (1950) The European Mymaridae comprising the genera known up to c. 1930. Entomologiske Meddelelser, 26, 1 - 97.

Ogloblin, A. (1960) Las especies nuevas del gen. Barypolynema A. Ogl. (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae). Neotropica, 19, 71 - 80.

Schauff, M. E. (1984) The Holarctic genera of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 12, 1 - 67.

Soyka, W. (1946) Beitrage zur Klarung der europaischen Arten und Gattungen der Mymariden (Hym. Chalcidoid.). Zentralblatt fur das Gesamtgebiet der Entomologie, 1 (5 - 6), 177 - 185.

Soyka, W. (1956) Monographie der Polynemagruppe mit den Gattungen Acmopolynema Ogloblin, Barypolynema Ogloblin, Doryclytus Forster, Erdosiella g. n., Grangeriella g. n., Maidliella Soyka, Palaeoneura Waterhouse, Polynema Haliday, Richteria Girault, Stephanodes Enock, Tetrapolynema Ogloblin. Abhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 19, Vorwort + 1 - 115.

Walker, F. (1846) Descriptions of the Mymaridae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 18, 49 - 54.

Yoshimoto, C. M. (1990) A review of the genera of New World Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Flora & Fauna Handbook No. 7. Sandhill Crane Press, Inc., Gainesville, Florida, v - ix + 166 pp.