Taxonomic review of Polynema (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in Australia and New Zealand, with descriptions of eight new species
Author
Triapitsyn, Serguei V.
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-01-21
4915
2
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4915.2.1
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Key to species of
Polynema
(
Polynema
)
in
Australia
and
New Zealand
(females)
1 Apterous (
Figs 33
,
122
)................................................................................ 2
- Brachypterous or macropterous.......................................................................... 3
2(1) Mesoscutum and scutellum indistinguishably fused; scutellum without frenal foveae (
Figs 30, 32
)...............................................................................................
P.
(
Polynema
)
aristokratka
sp. n.
- Mesoscutum distinctly differentiated from scutellum; scutellum with frenal foveae (
Fig. 119
)..
P.
(
Polynema
)
markiza
sp. n.
3(1) Inner (medial) surface of scape with cross-ridges (
Fig. 125
)............................
P.
(
Polynema
)
princessa
sp. n.
- Scape smooth, without cross-ridges....................................................................... 4
4(3) Fore wing with some discal setae very long,
30 µm
or longer, these creating a “hairy” appearance (
Figs 38
,
106
,
110
)...... 5
- Fore wing with all discal setae relatively shorter, less than
30 µm
long........................................... 6
5(4) Clava with 6 mps; fore wing (
Fig. 110
) with some discal setae up to about
100 µm
long; hind wing strongly reduced, almost without membrane (
Fig. 111
).....................................................
P.
(
Polynema
)
koroleva
sp. n.
- Clava with 7 mps; fore wing (
Fig. 38
) with discal setae at most about
60 µm
long; hind wing with membrane........................................................................................
P.
(
Polynema
)
baronessa
sp. n.
6(4) Pronotum entire...................................................................................... 7
- Pronotum divided mediolongitudinally.................................................................... 8
7(6) Scutellum with campaniform sensilla close to anterior margin and at a distance from lateral margins; propodeum with median carina obviously incomplete, extending from posterior margin about half length (
Fig. 75
); macropterous (
Fig. 79
); ovipositor at least 1.6× length of metatibia.....................................................
P.
(
Polynema
)
grafinya
sp. n.
- Scutellum with campaniform sensilla about in the middle and almost touching lateral margins (
Fig. 86
); propodeum with median carina almost complete, though not extending to anterior margin (
Fig. 88
); fore wing at least somewhat reduced (
Fig. 100
) if not notably brachypterous (
Fig. 89
); ovipositor about 1.1× length of metatibia..........
P.
(
Polynema
)
imperatrix
sp. n.
8(6) Scutellum with campaniform sensilla separated from anterior margin by about 1 diameter of a sensillum (
Fig. 134
)....................................................................................
P.
(
Polynema
)
rangatira
sp. n.
- Scutellum with campaniform sensilla separated from anterior margin by at least 4 diameters of a sensillum.............. 9
9(8) Antenna (
Fig. 45
) with F2 about 4.5× as long as wide, F3 about 2.7× as long as wide, and with clava almost as long as combined length of preceding 4 flagellomeres...............................................
P.
(
Polynema
)
draperi
Girault
- Antenna (
Figs 60
,
65
) with F2 about 6.3× as long as wide, F3 about 4.0× as long as wide, and with clava either slightly longer than or about as long as combined length of preceding 3 flagellomeres....................
P.
(
Polynema
)
editha
Girault