Australomymar Girault, 1929

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2007, Paranaphoidea Girault 1913, Zootaxa 1596, pp. 1-111 : 25-26

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Genus Australomymar Girault View in CoL View at ENA ( Figs. 47–53 View FIGURES 47–53 )

Australomymar Girault, 1929 [431]: 343. Type species: Australomymar aurigerum Girault , by monotypy.

Nesetaerus Doutt, 1955: 12 View in CoL . Type species: Nesetaerus gressitti Doutt View in CoL , by monotypy. Syn. nov.

Diagnosis. Australomymar belongs to the Australomymar group of genera. It is distinguished from other genera in the group as follows: clava entire ( Fig. 51 View FIGURES 47–53 ); fore wing with a diagonal fold and line of microtrichia (rarely both absent) extending from apex of stigmal vein to posterior wing margin ( Fig. 49 View FIGURES 47–53 ); ovipositor usually strongly exserted and sheaths bearing at least a few setae along exserted portion ( Fig. 52 View FIGURES 47–53 ). Fore leg as in Fig. 47 View FIGURES 47–53 . Male flagellum 11-segmented ( Fig. 48 View FIGURES 47–53 ) and genitalia as in Figs. 50 and 53 View FIGURES 47–53 .

One of us (JTH) examined the holotype of Nesetaerus gressitti (in USNM) and concluded it belonged to Australomymar . In 1999, JTH examined the holotype of Polynemoidea incerta Girault and realized that it also belonged to Australomymar . Viggiani (1973) independently had noted that P. incerta was incorrectly placed in Polynemoidea and might belong to Nesetaerus . The above generic synonymy is therefore proposed, and A. gressitti (Doutt) from the Caroline Islands is comb. nov. from Nesetaerus .

Body length. 690–1690 µm.

Distribution. Australian, Oriental, and Neotropical regions.

Hosts. Unknown.

Important reference. New (1974).

Australian species (2):

A. aurigerum Girault, 1929 View in CoL [431]: 343; New, 1974: 229 (redescription); Dahms, 1983: 80 (types). TL: Vic., Warragul.

A. incerta View in CoL ( Girault, 1938 [452]: 391); Viggiani, 1973: 261 (redescription); Doutt, 1973: 219 (redescription); Dahms, 1984: 714 (types). Comb. nov. from Polynemoidea View in CoL . TL: Qld, no locality specified.

References

Dahms, E. C. (1983) A checklist of the types of Australian Hymenoptera described by Alexandre Arsene Girault: II. Preamble and Chalcidoidea species A - E with advisory notes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 21, 1 - 255.

Dahms, E. C. (1984) A checklist of the types of Australian Hymenoptera described by Alexandre Arsene Girault: III. Chalcidoidea species F - M with advisory notes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 21, 579 - 842.

Doutt, R. L. (1955) Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae and Mymaridae. Insects of Micronesia. 19 (1), 1 - 17.

Doutt, R. L. (1973) The genus Paranaphoidea Girault (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 49, 185 - 187.

Girault, A. A. (1938) [452] New Trichogrammatidae and Mymaridae from Australia (Hymenoptera). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro), 9, 382 - 396.

New, T. R. (1974) The relationships of the genus Australomymar (Hymenoptera: Mymaridea). Entomophaga, 19, 229 - 235.

Viggiani, G. (1973) Richerche sugli Hymenopters Chalcidoidea XXXVII. Note su alcuni generi di Mimaridi australiani descritti da A. A. Girault. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria Filippo Silvestri , 30, 253 - 268.

Figures

FIGURES 47–53. Australomymar spp. Female (NSW, 14 km W. Urbenville, Tooloom Plateau, 28.29°S 152.24°E, 14.ii.1984, I.D. Naumann) 47, fore leg. Male (same data as above) 48, antenna; 49, fore- and hind wings; 50, genitalia lateral. Female (NSW, 2 km S. by W. Monga, 9.xi.1981, I.D. Naumann & J.C. Cardale) 51, antenna; 52, gaster lateral. Male (same data as above) 53, genitalia dorsal.