Callodicopus, Ogloblin, 1955

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 : 39-40

CALLODICOPUS Ogloblin, 1955

( Figs 50–54)

Callodicopus Ogloblin, 1955c: 377 . Type species: Callodicopus crassula Ogloblin, 1955 , by original designation. See Huber et al. (2020) for generic synonyms and their type species.

Diagnosis. Funicle 7-segmented ( Fig. 51), with fu 2 sometimes much shorter than fu 1 or fu 3; mandibles with 2 equal teeth and crossing when closed ( Fig. 50a); occiput separated from gena/postgena by transverse vertexal trabecula just dorsal to foramen magnum ( Fig. 50b); mesophragma projecting slightly into gaster; fore wing gradually widening towards apex, with posterior margin straight ( Fig. 52); gt 1 about same length as each following tergum ( Fig. 54a).

Remarks. Callodicopus is placed in the Alaptus group of genera due to its wide propodeal foramen with the mesophragma projecting slightly through it into the gaster but the back of the head with a faint median (vertical) coronal line closely resembles members of the Camptoptera group of genera. The length of fu 2 varies; in some cases it is so short that the antenna appears to have only 6 funicle segments. Males flagellum 10-segmented with fl 2 ring-like. Huber & Lin (1999) had also included Callodicopus in Camptoptera group but, on balance of features, particularly the mesophagma projecting into the gaster, Callodicopus fits better in the Alaptus group rather than the Camptoptera group in which the mesophragma does not project through the petiole into the gaster.

Neotropical hosts. Unknown.

Important references. Ogloblin (1955c), Huber & Lin (1999).