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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1
243
journal article
32054
10.5281/zenodo.894928
77799ae7-9459-43e9-af68-c88aa98852a5
1175-5326
894928
Subgenus
Gonatocerus
(
Gahanopsis
Ogloblin, 1946
), syn. & stat. n.
Gahanopsis
Ogloblin 1946
: 286
, 288 (as subgenus of
Lymaenon
). Type species:
Lymaenon
(
Gahanopsis
)
deficiens
Ogloblin
, by original designation.
Gahanopsis
Ogloblin
:
Annecke & Doutt 1961
: 4
(key), 13;
De Santis 1979
: 363
–364 (catalog);
Huber 1986
: 220
(host record);
Luft Albarracin
et al.
2009
: 8
(list, distribution in Argentina), 13 (key), 17 (illustration).
Gonatocerus
Nees
(
deficiens
species group, without a formal synonymy of
Gahanopis
under
Gonatocerus
):
Huber 1988
: 23
–24;
Yoshimoto 1990
: 37
, 41 (key).
Diagnosis.
Pronotum entire, very short and barely visible in dorsal view; pronotal spiracle huge; mesoscutum short, much wider than long; dorsellum with posterior margin sinuate, with a small projection medially (
Figs 160
,
169
,
173
); propodeum divided medially by a longitudinal groove; funicle of female antenna 7- or 8-segmented; forewing setae as dense as in
G.
(
Lymaenon
) and occurring to base of marginal vein, though sometimes with a central clear area free of setae behind marginal vein; ovipositor often projecting strongly forward under mesosoma.
Gonatocerus
(
Gahanopsis
)
could be a derived offshoot of
G.
(
Lymaenon
) that parasitizes mainly eggs of
Membracidae
.
Distribution.
Neotropical region.
Hosts.
Aetalionidae
and
Membracidae
.