Alaptus pygidialis Ogloblin, 1959

Serguei V. Triapitsyn, 2017, Revision of Alaptus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Holarctic region, with taxonomic notes on some extralimital species, Zootaxa 4279 (1), pp. 1-92 : 87-88

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Alaptus pygidialis Ogloblin, 1959 View in CoL

( Figs 194–196 View FIGURES 194 – 196 )

Alaptus pygidialis Ogloblin 1959: 43 View in CoL (illustrations), 44–46. Type locality: San Mateo , Esmeraldas (misspelled as “ Esmeralfa ” in the original description), Ecuador.

Alaptus pygidialis Ogloblin View in CoL : De Santis 1979: 362 (catalog); Yoshimoto 1990: 24 (list).

Type material examined. Holotype female [ MLPA] on slide ( Fig. 194 View FIGURES 194 – 196 ) labeled: 1. “ Alaptus pygidialis A. Ogl. 1959 ♀ Holotypus. Rep. Ecuador, Esme-raldas , Part. San Mateo, 19.VI.1956. Juan Förster Leg. ”; 2. “ Mittelungen der Münchner Entomolo-gischen Gessel-schaft. E . V. 49 Jahrg. 1959 p44-6”; 3. [ MLPA type number] “3948/1”. Note that the published collection date in the original description (“5 de julio 1956 ”, p. 44) does not match the one on the holotype slide, but such inconsistencies were quite common in A.A. Ogloblin’s publications (Triapitsyn et al. 2010).

Distribution. Neotropical: Ecuador.

Hosts. Unknown.

Comments. Illustrated here are, to facilitate recognition of this taxon, habitus of the holotype of A. pygidialis ( Fig. 195 View FIGURES 194 – 196 ) and also its antenna ( Fig. 196 View FIGURES 194 – 196 ). This species has the fore wing with a row of 6 or 7 setae on the disc closer to its anterior margin and a rather short ovipositor.

While visiting MLPA in April 2017, I sorted A.A. Ogloblin’s specimens of Alaptus to morphospecies; among them were at least two undesribed species from Misiones, Argentina, habitus of which is more or less similar to that of A. pygidialis , which itself could occur there as well.

References

De Santis, L. (1979) Catalogo de los himenopteros calcidoideos de America al sur de los Estados Unidos. Publicacion especial, Comision de Investigaciones Cientificas de la provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata, 488 pp.

Ogloblin, A. A. (1959) Primera nota sobre los Mimarides de la Republica Ecuador (Mymaridae, Hymenopt.). Mitteilungen der Munchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 49, 43 - 62.

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.