Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Neotropical region, with description of eleven new species
Author
Triapitsyn, Serguei V.
Author
Huber, John T.
Author
Logarzo, Guillermo A.
Author
Berezovskiy, Vladimir V.
Author
Aquino, Daniel A.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-05-14
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10.5281/zenodo.894928
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894928
Gonatocerus
(
Gonatocerus
)
rivalis
Girault, 1911
(
Figs 51–53
)
Gonatocerus rivalis
Girault 1911
: 257
–261. Holotype female [USNM] (not examined). Type locality: Butler, Montgomery Co., Illinois, USA.
Gonatocerus rivalis
Girault
:
Perkins 1912
: 21
(record from
Mexico
);
Huber 1988
: 38
–40 (assigned to the
sulphuripes
species group, diagnosis, redescription, distribution, host associations);
Yoshimoto 1990
: 41
(list,
sulphuripes
species group);
De Santis & Fidalgo 1994
: 125
(catalog).
Lymaenon rivalis
(Girault)
:
Burks 1958
: 63
(catalog);
Peck 1963
: 25
(catalog).
Gonatocerus
(
Gonatocerus
)
rivalis
Girault
:
De Santis 1979
: 366
(catalog).
FIGURES 51–53.
Gonatocerus
(
Gonatocerus
)
rivalis
♀ (Fortín de las Flores, Veracruz, Mexico): 51, antenna; 52, mesosoma and metasoma; 53, forewing.
Material
examined.
GUATEMALA
.
SACATEPÉQUEZ
, Sumpango, Durwest Farm,
14°40.292’N
90°43.195’W
,
5985 ft
,
18–24.iv.2008
,
M.S. Hoddle
[
1 ♀
,
UCRC
]
.
MEXICO
.
CHIAPAS
,
Ocozocoautla
, “
El Kikapu
”,
15–20.viii.1984
,
G. Gordh
[
1 ♀
,
1 ♂
,
UCRC
]
.
VERACRUZ
:
3 mi
. N of
Cardel
by
Río Actopan
,
31.x.1982
,
J.T. Huber
,
A. González-Hernández
[
4 ♀
,
2 ♂
,
UCRC
]
.
Fortín
de las
Flores
,
30.x.1982
,
J.T. Huber
,
A. González-Hernández
[
2 ♀
,
2 ♂
,
UCRC
]
.
33 mi
. S of
Nautla
,
31.x.1982
,
J.T. Huber
,
A. González-Hernández
[
1 ♀
,
UCRC
]
.
YUCATÁN
:
Chichén Itzá
,
27.vii.1984
,
G. Gordh
[
1 ♀
,
UCRC
]
.
Uxmal
,
28.vii.1984
,
G. Gordh
[
1 ♀
,
UCRC
]
.
Extralimital
records.
MEXICO
.
MICHOACÁN
,
30 km
N of Lázaro Cárdenas
,
7.vii.1984
,
G. Gordh
[
2 ♀
,
UCRC
]
.
MORELOS
:
Amatlán
,
14 mi
. N of
Yautepec
,
29.x.1982
,
J.T. Huber
,
A. González-Hernández
[
1 ♀
,
2 ♂
,
UCRC
]
.
Tlayacapan
,
29.x.1982
,
J.T. Huber
[
4 ♀
,
UCRC
]
.
NUEVO
LEÓN
:
Municipio Allende
,
Raíces
,
Río Ramos
:
9.vii.1983
,
A. González-Hernández
[
3 ♀
,
UCRC
]
;
9.vii.1983
, G. Gordh [1 ♀, UCRC];
9.vii.1983
, F. Reyes-Vélez [2 ♀, UCRC].
Municipio El Carmen
,
El Carmen
,
10.vii.1983
,
A. González-Hernández
[
3 ♀
,
2 ♂
,
UCRC
]
.
San Juan
,
Río
San Juan
,
14.vii.1983
,
F. Reyes-Vélez
[
1 ♀
,
UCRC
]
.
USA
.
ILLINOIS
:
Hardin Co.
,
Shawnee National Forest
, ca.
1 mi
. E of
Cadiz Campground
,
37°34’46.6’’N
88°13’59.6’’W
,
14.iv.2004
,
R.A. Rakitov
[
1 ♀
,
UCRC
]
.
Marion Co.
,
Centralia
,
Karlhill Park
,
7.ix.1993
,
J.D. Pinto
[
1 ♀
,
UCRC
]
.
Redescription
. See
Huber (1988)
.
Diagnosis.
Gonatocerus
(
Gonatocerus
)
rivalis
is distinguished by the following combination. F6 of female antenna (
Fig. 51
) without mps and shorter than F5 or F7. Forewing (
Fig. 53
) 3.7–4.0x as long as wide, often with a more or less distinct brown apical spot; longest marginal seta 0.31–0.36x maximum wing width. Ovipositor (
Fig. 52
) 1.9–2.1x length of mesotibia and exserted by about 0.2x own length beyond apex of gaster.
Distribution.
NEOTROPICAL:
Guatemala
*,
Mexico
, and
Venezuela
(
Huber 1988
). NEARCTIC:
Canada
(
Huber 1988
),
Mexico
, and
USA
.
Host.
Draeculacephala antica
(Walker) (Cicadellidae)
(
Huber 1988
).