Neomymar, Crawford, 1913

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2024, Illustrated key to the genera and catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in the Neotropical region, Zootaxa 5557 (1), pp. 1-263 : 83

NEOMYMAR Crawford, 1913

( Figs 188–192 )

Neomymar Crawford, 1913: 351 . Type species: Neomymar vierecki Crawford, 1913 , by original designation. See Huber et al. (2020) for the generic synonym and its type species.

Diagnosis. Face without subantennal sulcus ventral to each torulus, without a pit medially next to each torulus and toruli abutting transverse trabecula ( Fig. 188a ); upper orbit of eye with long, thick, apically blunt seta next to break between anterior and posterior sections of supraorbital trabecula; funicle segments usually with dark base and light apex ( Fig. 189 ); propleura abutting each other anterior to prosternum; fore wing narrow for half its length before distinctly widening ( Fig. 190 ), the widened part usually with an apical brown spot and sometimes also a basal one; propodeum without carinae ( Fig. 191 ); petiole attached posteriorly to gs 1.

Remarks. Neomymar belongs to the Polynema group of genera. Mymar , Neomymar and Tetrapolynema are the only genera of the group that have the toruli in contact with the transverse trabecula. Neomymar is distinguished most easily by the combination of a narrow fore wing that suddenly widens distally and often with a apical brown spot, funicle segments usually with dark base and light apex and body colour often yellow. The strong, blunt setae dorsally on the head and mesosoma are also fairly characteristic. Three described species have the apical funicle segment enlarged, as wide as clava.

Neotropical hosts. Unknown.

Important references. Fidalgo (1992), Triapitsyn et al. (2006).

Figures

FIGURES 188–190. Neomymar. 188a, head, anterior; 188b, head, posterior; 189, antenna; 190, wings.

FIGURES 191, 192. Neomymar. 191; mesosoma, dorsal; 192a; metasoma, dorsal; 192b; metasoma, ventral.