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.
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Zootaxa
2010
2010-05-14
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.894928
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894928
Gonatocerus
(
Gonatocerus
)
bonaerensis
(
Ogloblin, 1939
)
(
Figs 17–21
)
Lymaenon bonaerensis
Ogloblin 1939
: 246
–248 + plate (lámina) V (illustrations). Type locality: José C. Paz, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Gonatocerus
(
Gonatocerus
)
ogloblini
De Santis 1967: 105
(unjustified replacement name for
G. bonaerensis
Ogloblin
not
G. bonariensis
(Brèthes))
.
Gonatocerus bonarensis
[sic] (Ogloblin):
Yoshimoto 1990
: 39
(list).
Lymaenon bonaerensis
Ogloblin
:
Loiácono
et al.
2005
: 13
(
type
information).
Gonatocerus bonaerensis
(Ogloblin)
:
Luft Albarracin
et al.
2009
: 9
(list; distribution in
Argentina
).
Type material examined.
Lectotype female [MLPA], here designated to avoid confusion about the status of the type specimens of this species, on slide labeled: 1. “
Lymaenon bonaerensis
A. O. ♀ José C. Paz
24.ii.1939
.
Cynodon dactylon
J. Ch.
Typus – fig.”; 2. ‘3841/1”.
The
lectotype
is in very poor condition, uncleared, mounted dorsoventrally right under a crack in the coverslip (
Fig. 17
), with the wings, one antenna, and a protarsus detached; the other antenna and one leg are apparently missing. The published collection date of the two female
syntypes
(
24.iii.1939
) contradicts the collection date on the
lectotype
slide (
24.ii.1939
). The second specimen (
paralectotype
) is not in
MLPA
and its whereabouts are unknown.
FIGURES 17, 18.
Gonatocerus
(
Gonatocerus
)
bonaerensis
♀ (lectotype): 17, body; 18, forewing.
Material
examined.
ARGENTINA
.
BUENOS AIRES
:
Moreno
,
34°08’57’’S
58°46’57’’W
,
23.iii.2005
,
C. Coviella
[
1 ♀
,
UCRC
]
.
Tigre
:
34°23’50’’S
58°34’32’’W
,
5 m
,
G.A. Logarzo
:
2–9.xi.2005
[
1 ♀
,
UCRC
]
;
23–28.xi.2005
[1 ♀, UCRC].
URUGUAY
.
RÍO NEGRO
,
10 km
E of
Fray Bentos
,
Estancia M’Bopicuá
,
33°06’S
58°12’W
,
3 m
,
15–30.xii.2002
,
S. Peck
[
3 ♀
,
2 ♂
,
CNCI
]
.
SALTO
,
Termas de Arapey
,
30°56’S
57°32’W
,
220 m
,
12–28.xii.2002
,
S. Peck
[
1 ♀
,
CNCI
]
.
Redescription.
FEMALE (
lectotype
and non-type specimens). Vertex and most of gaster brown to dark brown; rest of head and mesosoma light brown to brown; scape, pedicel, petiole, base of gaster, and legs light brown; flagellum dark brown.
Antenna (
Fig. 19
) with radicle about 0.4x total length of scape, rest of scape about 3.3x as long as wide, lightly striate; pedicel longer than F1; F1–F6 narrower than F7 or F8, F2 and F3 subequal, slightly longer than F4, F5, and F6; F1–F6 without mps, F7 and F8 each with 2 mps; clava with 6 mps, 3.9x as long as wide, slightly shorter than combined length of F5–F8.
Mesosoma (
Fig. 20
) with dorsellum rhomboidal. Propodeum with 2 submedian carinae hardly visible, as incomplete, very fine lines. Forewing (
Figs 18
,
21
) 4.9–5.0x as long as wide; longest marginal seta about 0.6x maximum wing width. Forewing disc slightly infumate throughout, bare behind submarginal vein, sparsely setose (almost bare) between marginal vein and cubital row of setae; remainder of disc densely setose. Hind wing
25–28x
as long as wide; disc bare except for rows of setae along margins, slightly infumate apically; longest marginal seta 3.7–3.8x maximum wing width.
Metasoma (
Fig. 20
) with petiole short, a little wider than long, trapezoidal. Ovipositor 0.6–0.7x length of gaster, not exserted beyond its apex; ovipositor length: mesotibia length ratio about 1.1:1.
FIGURES 19–21.
Gonatocerus
(
Gonatocerus
)
bonaerensis
♀ (Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina): 19, antenna; 20, body; 21, forewing.
Measurements (µm) of the
lectotype
. Body: total body length: 984; head 166; mesosoma 351; metasoma 467. Forewing 1015:203; longest marginal seta 115. Hind wing 756:27; longest marginal seta 100.
Description.
MALE (previously unknown, 2 non-type specimens from
Uruguay
). Body length 820–850 µm. Very similar to female except for normal sexually dimorphic features; forewing about 5.3x as long as wide.
Diagnosis.
Gonatocerus
(
Gonatocerus
)
bonaerensis
is characterized by the female antenna (
Fig. 19
) with mps on F7 and F8 only, and a narrow forewing (4.9–5.0x as long as wide). The forewing disc has an elongate bare area between the marginal vein and the cubital row of setae (
Fig. 21
).
Distribution.
NEOTROPICAL:
Argentina
, and
Uruguay
*.
Hosts.
Unknown.