Kikiki, Huber & Beardsley, 2000
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5557.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6CE8CC38-F965-4404-ACCD-6D0DBDB942FB |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14597176 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F879DB6E-9974-FFA1-FF35-FE8FFC5FFD71 |
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Kikiki |
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KIKIKI Huber & Beardsley, 2000 View in CoL
( Figs 158–162 View FIGURES 158–160 View FIGURES 161, 162 )
Kikiki Huber & Beardsley, 2000: 66 View in CoL . Type species: Kikiki huna Huber, 2000 View in CoL , by original designation.
Diagnosis. Back of head with transoccipital sulcus ( Fig. 158b View FIGURES 158–160 ); funicle 4-segmented, clava 2-segmented ( Fig. 159 View FIGURES 158–160 ); mandible with 4 teeth ( Fig. 158a View FIGURES 158–160 ); scutellum apparently without campaniform sensilla ( Fig. 161 View FIGURES 161, 162 ); fore wing with venation 0.7 × wing length; hind wing without fringe setae along anterior margin ( Fig. 160 View FIGURES 158–160 ); tarsi 3-segmented.
Remarks. Kikiki belongs to the Arescon group of genera. Kikiki is distinguished by the unique combination of funicle 4-segmented and tarsi 3-segmented. It is the only known genus of Mymaridae with 3-segmented tarsi.
Neotropical hosts. Unknown.
Important references. Triapitsyn (2013a), Huber & Noyes (2013).
Huber, J. T. & Beardsley, J. W. (2000) A new genus of fairyfly, Kikiki, from the Hawaiian Islands (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 34, 65 - 70.
Huber, J. T. & Noyes, J. S. (2013) A new genus and species of fairyfly, Tinkerbella nana (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), with comments on its sister genus Kikiki, and discussion on small size limits in arthropods. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 32, 17 - 44. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / jhr. 32.4663
Triapitsyn, S. V. (2013 a) On the occurrence of Kikiki huna Huber (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in Argentina. Acta Zoologica Lilloana, 57 (1), 130 - 131.
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Kikiki
| Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V. 2024 |
Kikiki
| Huber, J. T. & Beardsley, J. W. 2000: 66 |