Erythmelus, Enock, 1909

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 : 65

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ERYTHMELUS Enock, 1909 View in CoL

( Figs 130–135 View FIGURES 130–132 View FIGURES 133, 134 View FIGURE 135 )

Erythmelus Enock, 1909: 454 View in CoL . Type species: Erythmelus goochi Enock, 1909 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Eurythmelus Ogloblin, 1934: 243 View in CoL (lapsus). See Huber et al. (2020) for generic synonyms and their type species.

Diagnosis. Head in lateral view with gena short ( Fig. 135 View FIGURE 135 ), almost absent, so head often appearing thin; face with toruli distinctly triangular ( Fig. 130a View FIGURES 130–132 ); mandibles in both sexes reduced to small stubs, without teeth ( Fig. 130a View FIGURES 130–132 ) and maxillae lengthened ( Fig. 130b View FIGURES 130–132 ), presumably replacing the mandibles in function; antenna with 6 funicle segments ( Fig. 131 View FIGURES 130–132 ), rarely only 5; metanotum with dorsellum triangular ( Fig. 133 View FIGURES 133, 134 ) and slightly overhanging propodeum ( Fig. 135 View FIGURE 135 ); propodeum medially with longitudinal sulcus ( Fig. 133 View FIGURES 133, 134 ); gaster in lateral view with hypopygium long, extending posteriorly at least to apex of gaster ( Fig. 135 View FIGURE 135 ).

Remarks. Erythmelus belongs to the Anaphes group of genera, a rather poorly defined group ( Lin et al. 2007) of two genera. The propodeum has a median sulcus in both genera. Other features, e.g., the greatly reduced mandibles, suggest perhaps a closer relationship to some taxa in the Anagrus group of genera.

Neotropical hosts. Hemiptera : Miridae , Tingidae .

Important references. Triapitsyn et al. (2007), Triapitsyn (2008), Guzmán-Larralde et al. (2015).

References

Enock, F. (1909) New genera of British Mymaridae (Haliday). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1909, 449 - 459, pls. XII - XV. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1909. tb 02179. x

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

Lin, N. - Q., Huber, J. T. & La Salle, J. (2007) The Australian genera of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Zootaxa, 1596 (1), 1 - 111. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1596.1.1

Ogloblin, A. A. (1934) Especies nuevas del genero Eurythmelus [sic] de la Republica Argentina (Mymaridae, Hym.). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina, 6 (2 - 4), 243 - 260 + pls. xii - xiv.