Review of the Oriental and Australasian species of Acmopolynema, with taxonomic notes on Palaeoneura and Xenopolynema stat. rev. and description of a new genus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
Author
TRIAPITSYN, SERGUEI V.
Author
BEREZOVSKIY, VLADIMIR V.
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Zootaxa
2007
2007-04-23
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1455.1.1
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10.11646/zootaxa.1455.1.1
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Palaeoneura unimaculata
(
Hayat & Anis 1999
)
,
comb. n.
Acmopolynema unimaculatum
Hayat & Anis 1999: 299–300
.
Type
locality:
Walayar Forest
,
Palghat
,
Kerala
,
India
.
Type material examined
Holotype
female (on slide,
BMNH
):
INDIA
,
Kerala
,
Palghat
,
Walayar
,
Forest
,
4.iii.1993
,
S.I. Kazmi.
Additional material examined
INDIA
:
Jammu
&
Kashmir
,
Srinagar
, near
Chalimar Gardens
,
15.vi.1981
,
G. Gordh
[
1 female
,
UCRC
].
Karnataka
, Bangalore,
916 m
,
1–10.vii.1988
,
K. Ghorpade
[
1 female
,
CNCI
]
.
JAPAN
,
Kyushu Island
,
Fukuoka
,
Mt. Hiko
,
24–31.x.1989
,
K. Takeno
,
M. Sharkey
[
1 female
,
CNCI
]
.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
,
Wau
,
25.v.1982
,
P. Grootaert
[
1 female
,
CNCI
]
.
Diagnosis
FEMALE. See original description.
MALE. Unknown.
This species is close to the group of similar looking species of
Palaeoneura
from
Queensland
,
Australia
, particularly
P. darwini
, which also has a dark subapical spot on the forewing and a dark brown body, and
P. silvifilia
, which has a similar forewing and arrangement of setae on and near the marginal vein, but lacks the subapical dark spot and has a yellow body.
Palaeoneura unimaculata
cannot belong to
Acmopolynema
because it lacks the "V"-shaped propodeal carinae and the petiole is attached to the gastral tergum (as clearly seen in the dry-mounted specimen from Kashmir,
India
).
Distribution
India
,
Japan
[new record, see comments below], and
Papua New Guinea
[new record].
Comments
The specimen from
Japan
is only tentatively identified as
P. unimaculata
as it has a longer antenna and a few other, minor differences from the Indian specimens. A male specimen in CNCI (collection data:
Indonesia
,
Ambon Island
,
3°7'S
,
128°2'E
,
14–17.iii.1994
, R.G. Holmberg) possibly also belongs to
P. unimaculata
though its forewing lacks a dark spot.