Nomenclatural changes in Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)
Author
Aquino, Daniel A.
Author
Triapitsyn, Serguei V.
Author
Huber, John T.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4205
6
581
592
journal article
37558
10.11646/zootaxa.4205.6.6
1192d7b8-b77e-41d4-a49c-955a32094f77
1175-5326
200316
BD1D8417-1BC3-4FD8-B1E1-55D9FB334C55
Omyomymar howdeni
(
Yoshimoto, 1990
)
,
comb. n.
Caenomymar howdeni
Yoshimoto, 1990
: 91
–92.
Type
locality:
Panama
,
Chiriqui
,
15 km
NW of
Hato
del Volcán.
The
holotype
(CNC) of
C
.
howdeni
has a two-segmented clava, not entire (i.e., 1-segmented) as erroneously indicated in
Yoshimoto (1990)
, and it also has a small apical projection. Thus, the only features that purportedly distinguished
Caenomymar
from
Omyomymar
were based on incorrect description of the female clava. This is perhaps not unexpected because the clava of
O
.
howdeni
is white, so the fine suture separating the two segments and the smaller than usual apical projection of the clava are difficult to see on the slide-mounted
holotype
and are scarcely visible in
Yoshimoto (1990, fig. 31)
. Other features such as the fore wing shape (
Yoshimoto, 1990, figs 84 and 75 [the latter accidentally duplicated; it is supposed to be a
Cleruchus
Enock
fore wing, which is not illustrated]
), mesosomal structure, and distinctly exserted ovipositor are the same in both genera so we are confident that the generic synonymy is correct. Incidentally, fig.
72 in
Yoshimoto (1990)
was incorrectly labelled as
Omyomymar
(it is an
Ooctonus
Haliday
fore wing) and fig. 62, which is supposed to be a
Camptoptera
Foerster
fore wing (but is not illustrated), is a duplication of fig. 59, a
Dicopus
Enock
fore wing.