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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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.894928
77799ae7-9459-43e9-af68-c88aa98852a5
1175-5326
894928
Gonatocerus
(
Cosmocomoidea
)
flagellaris
(Ogloblin, 1959)
(Not included in the key)
(
Figs 297–299
)
Lymaenon flagellaris
Ogloblin 1959b
: 61
–62. Type locality: vicinity of [San Francisco de] Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Gonatocerus
(
Gonatocerus
)
flagellaris
(Ogloblin)
:
De Santis 1979
: 365
(catalog).
Gonatocerus flagellaris
(Ogloblin)
:
Yoshimoto 1990
: 40
(list).
Lymaenon flagellaris
Ogloblin
:
Loiácono
et al.
2005
: 13
(type information).
Type
material examined.
Holotype
male [
MLPA
] on slide labeled: 1. “
2000 m
,
Lymaenon flagellaris
AO
♂
Quito
,
Ecuador
.
25.x.1957
J. Först
=N3= [all ip]
–
Typus
–// [in
India
ink]”; 2. ‘3934/1”.
The
mounting medium on the original slide (
Fig. 4
) was so dark that the poorly preserved, fragmented specimen was hardly visible, so in the course of this study the
holotype
was remounted into
Canada
balsam under four coverslips, as follows: 1) head, with both scapes attached; 2) one forewing missing the very base, one complete and one incomplete hind wing (missing the basal half or so); 3) one antenna without scape; 4) fragmented body and some leg segments.
The
published collection dates of the
holotype
and the
paratype
(
25.x.1956
and
26.xi.1956
) do not entirely match the collection date on the
holotype
slide label.
The
published altitude of the collection locality was stated as
3000 m
and that is probably correct, given the similar altitude of
Quito
(
San Francisco de Quito
), but it is indicated as
2000 m
on the label of the
holotype
slide.
The
paratype
(we assume it was a male although sex of the
paratype
was not mentioned in the original description), collected
26.xi.
1956
in
San Mateo
,
Esmeraldas
,
Ecuador
, is missing from
MLPA
and its whereabouts are unknown.
Redescription.
MALE (
holotype
). Body mostly dark brown; antenna mostly brown except scape light brown; legs mostly light brown except coxae, most of metafemur, and metatibia brown. Antenna (
Fig. 297
) with scape smooth, short, 2.2–2.3x as long as wide (including a very short radicle); pedicel very small, F1 wider than following flagellomeres, but F2 and F3 almost as wide as F1. Mesoscutum and scutellum smooth. Propodeum (
Fig. 298
) with well-developed, subparallel submedian carinae extending to its anterior margin, and lateral carinae, otherwise smooth. Forewing (
Fig. 299
) 3.1x as long as wide (
Ogloblin 1959b
); longest marginal seta about 0.25x maximum wing width; disc notably infumate throughout and with a brown band from stigmal vein to posterior margin of wing, bare behind submarginal vein; cubital row of setae complete, just a few setae between it and marginal and stigmal veins, remainder of disc setose. Hind wing about
16x
as long as wide; disc slightly infumate throughout, with setae mostly along margins (a few setae present in the middle of disc just beyond venation); longest marginal seta about 1.9x maximum wing width.
Measurements (µm) of the
holotype
. Mesosoma 492; petiole 55. Antenna: scape (including radicle) 84; pedicel 42; F1 85; F2 112; F3 106; F4 106; F5 97; F6 100; F7 94; F8 94; F9 100; F10 97; F11 112. Forewing width 347; longest marginal seta 88. Hind wing: 756:48; longest marginal seta 91.
Diagnosis.
Gonatocerus
(
Cosmocomoidea
)
flagellaris
is a member of the
ater
subgroup of the
ater
species group. Females are unknown, but males are characterized by the following combination: propodeum (
Fig. 298
) with well-developed, subparallel submedian carinae extending to anterior margin and with lateral carinae, otherwise smooth; forewing disc notably infumate throughout and with a brown band from stigmal vein to posterior margin of the wing, the cubital row of setae complete, and with just a few setae between it and the marginal and stigmal veins (
Fig. 299
). A matching female from or near the
type
locality is needed for proper recognition of this species.
Distribution.
NEOTROPICAL:
Ecuador
.
Hosts.
Unknown.