Gonatocerus (Gonatocerus) rivalis Girault, 1911

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., Huber, John T., Logarzo, Guillermo A., Berezovskiy, Vladimir V. & Aquino, Daniel A., 2010, Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Neotropical region, with description of eleven new species, Zootaxa 2456, pp. 1-243 : 36-37

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Gonatocerus (Gonatocerus) rivalis Girault, 1911 View in CoL

( Figs 51–53 View FIGURES 51 – 53 )

Gonatocerus rivalis Girault 1911: 257 View in CoL –261. Holotype female [USNM] (not examined). Type locality: Butler, Montgomery Co., Illinois, USA.

Gonatocerus rivalis Girault View in CoL : Perkins 1912: 21 (record from Mexico); Huber 1988: 38 –40 (assigned to the sulphuripes species group, diagnosis, redescription, distribution, host associations); Yoshimoto 1990: 41 (list, sulphuripes species group); De Santis & Fidalgo 1994: 125 (catalog).

Lymaenon rivalis (Girault) View in CoL : Burks 1958: 63 (catalog); Peck 1963: 25 (catalog).

Gonatocerus (Gonatocerus) rivalis Girault View in CoL : De Santis 1979: 366 (catalog).

Material examined. GUATEMALA. SACATEPÉQUEZ, Sumpango, Durwest Farm, 14°40.292’N 90°43.195’W, 5985 ft, 18–24.iv.2008, M.S. Hoddle [1 ♀, UCRC] GoogleMaps . MEXICO. CHIAPAS, Ocozocoautla, “ El Kikapu ”, 15–20.viii.1984, G. Gordh [1 ♀, 1 ♂, UCRC] . VERACRUZ: 3 mi. N of Cardel by Río Actopan , 31.x.1982, J.T. Huber, A. González-Hernández [4 ♀, 2 ♂, UCRC] . Fortín de las Flores, 30.x.1982, J.T. Huber, A. González-Hernández [2 ♀, 2 ♂, UCRC] . 33 mi. S of Nautla , 31.x.1982, J.T. Huber, A. González-Hernández [1 ♀, UCRC] . YUCATÁN: Chichén Itzá , 27.vii.1984, G. Gordh [1 ♀, UCRC] . Uxmal , 28.vii.1984, G. Gordh [1 ♀, UCRC] .

Extralimital records. MEXICO. MICHOACÁN, 30 km N of Lázaro Cárdenas, 7.vii.1984, G. Gordh [2 ♀, UCRC] . MORELOS: Amatlán, 14 mi. N of Yautepec , 29.x.1982, J.T. Huber, A. González-Hernández [1 ♀, 2 ♂, UCRC] . Tlayacapan , 29.x.1982, J.T. Huber [4 ♀, UCRC] . NUEVO LEÓN: Municipio Allende, Raíces, Río Ramos : 9.vii.1983, A. González-Hernández [3 ♀, UCRC] ; 9.vii.1983, G. Gordh [1 ♀, UCRC]; 9.vii.1983, F. Reyes-Vélez [2 ♀, UCRC]. Municipio El Carmen, El Carmen , 10.vii.1983, A. González-Hernández [3 ♀, 2 ♂, UCRC] . San Juan, Río San Juan , 14.vii.1983, F. Reyes-Vélez [1 ♀, UCRC] . USA. ILLINOIS: Hardin Co., Shawnee National Forest, ca. 1 mi. E of Cadiz Campground , 37°34’46.6’’N 88°13’59.6’’W, 14.iv.2004, R.A. Rakitov [1 ♀, UCRC] GoogleMaps . Marion Co., Centralia, Karlhill Park , 7.ix.1993, J.D. Pinto [1 ♀, UCRC] .

Redescription. See Huber (1988).

Diagnosis. Gonatocerus (Gonatocerus) rivalis is distinguished by the following combination. F6 of female antenna ( Fig. 51 View FIGURES 51 – 53 ) without mps and shorter than F5 or F7. Forewing ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 51 – 53 ) 3.7–4.0x as long as wide, often with a more or less distinct brown apical spot; longest marginal seta 0.31–0.36x maximum wing width. Ovipositor ( Fig. 52 View FIGURES 51 – 53 ) 1.9–2.1x length of mesotibia and exserted by about 0.2x own length beyond apex of gaster.

Distribution. NEOTROPICAL: Guatemala *, Mexico, and Venezuela ( Huber 1988). NEARCTIC: Canada ( Huber 1988), Mexico, and USA.

Host. Draeculacephala antica (Walker) (Cicadellidae) ( Huber 1988).

References

Burks, B. D. (1958) Superfamily Chalcidoidea. In: Krombein, K. V. (Ed.), Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico - synoptic catalog (Agriculture Monograph No. 2). First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, pp. 62 - 84.

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.

De Santis, L. & Fidalgo, P. (1994) Catalogo de los himenopteros calcidoideos de America al sur de los Estados Unidos. Tercer suplemento (Insecta). Serie de la Academia Nacional de Agronomia y Veterinaria No. 13, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 154 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, 253 - 324.

Huber, J. T. (1988) The species groups of Gonatocerus Nees in North America with a revision of the sulphuripes and ater groups (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 141, 1 - 109.

Peck, O. (1963) A catalogue of the Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, Supplement, 30, 1 - 1092.

Perkins, R. C. L. (1912) Parasites of insects attacking sugar cane. Report of Work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Entomological Series, Bulletin No. 10, 5 - 27.

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.