Mymar, Curtis, 1829

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 : 82-83

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MYMAR Curtis, 1829 View in CoL

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Mymar Curtis, 1829: 112 View in CoL . Type species: Mymar pulchellum Curtis, 1832 View in CoL , by designation under the plenary powers of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1965: 82 ( ICZN 1965). See Huber et al. (2020) for generic synonyms and their type species.

Diagnosis. Face without subantennal sulcus ventral to each torulus and without pit medial to each torulus; toruli abutting transverse trabecula; scape, especially in female, unusually long and slightly constricted medially ( Fig. View FIGURE 187

187); fore wing extremely narrow for about 0.6 × its length ( Fig. 187 View FIGURE 187 ), hind wing filamentous ( Fig. 187 View FIGURE 187 ); propodeum without median carina except perhaps a very short one; petiole attached to gt 1.

Remarks. Mymar 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. Mymar is most easily distinguished by the combination of mostly narrow fore wing with a distinct dark apical spot in the enlarged apical section, and the hind wing without membrane but consisting only of venation.

Neotropical hosts. Unknown.

Important reference. Triapitsyn (2018a) [includes a world key to Mymar species].

References

Curtis, J. (1829) A guide to an arrangement of British Insects; being a catalogue of all the named species hitherto discovered in Great Britain and Ireland, 1 st edition, F. Westley and A. H. Davis, London, 256 pp.

Curtis, J. (1832) British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. Vol. 9. Richard Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London, 436 pp. including pls. 386 - 433.

Huber, J. T., Read, J. D. & Triapitsyn, S. V. (2020) Illustrated key to genera, and species catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa, 4773 (1), 1 - 411. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4773.1.1

ICZN (1965) Opinion 729. Mymar Curtis, 1829 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): designation of a type-species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 22 (2), 82 - 83.

Triapitsyn, S. V. (2018 a) An annotated checklist of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in Taiwan, with descriptions of five new species. Journal of Taiwan Agricultural Research, 67 (2), 113 - 165.