Gonatocerus maculipennis
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Mymaridae
Genus: Gonatocerus
Name
Gonatocerus maculipennis (Ashmead, 1900) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Gonatocerus maculipennis Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2010, Zootaxa 2456: 176-177.
Description
(Figs 367, 368)
Materials Examined
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St. Vincent W. I., H. H. Smith & W. Indies & B. M. Type Hym. & The
Description
Redescription. We do not provide a detailed redescription because only the poorly preserved, pointmounted holotype is available.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) maculipennis is a member of the ater subgroup of the ater species group. The main distinguishing features based on the only known male are as follows. Body length 760 µm. Body mostly brown except petiole light brown; scape, pedicel, and most of leg segments light brown; flagellum and metatibia brown. Mesonotum smooth and shining. Propodeum (Fig. 368) with two subparallel submedian carinae and lateral carinae, otherwise smooth. Forewing (Fig. 367) bare behind submarginal vein, with cubital row of setae complete and a few setae between it and marginal vein, remainder of disc densely setose; disc with a brown band behind stigmal vein and a larger brownish spot in its widest part. Hind wing almost hyaline. This appears to be a good species, but the female needs to be discovered before it can be described properly and placed in context.
Distribution
Distribution. NEOTROPICAL: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Biology and Ecology
Hosts. Unknown.
Discussion
Comments.Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy (2004) hypothesized, based solely on the original description, that Litus maculipennis might be a species of Myrmecomymar Yoshimoto, but examination of the holotype of this species proved that wrong.
Taxon Treatment
- Triapitsyn, Serguei V.; Huber, John T.; Logarzo, Guillermo A.; Berezovskiy, Vladimir V.; Aquino, Daniel A.; 2010: Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Neotropical region, with description of eleven new species, Zootaxa 2456: 176-177. doi
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