Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) inflatiscapus Huber, 1988

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, pp. 1-243 : 170-172

Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) inflatiscapus Huber, 1988

( Figs 353–355 )

Gonatocerus inflatiscapus Huber 1988: 70 –72. Holotype female [USNM] (not examined). Type locality: Hathaway Creek, Barton Flats, San Bernardino Co., California, USA.

Gonatocerus inflatiscapus Huber : Yoshimoto 1990: 40 (list, ater species group); De Santis & Fidalgo 1994: 125 (catalog).

Material examined. COLOMBIA. BOYACÁ, Santuario de Fauna y Flora Iguaque , 5°25’N 73°27’W: Bosque de Rastrojo , 17.viii–1.ix.2000, P. Reina [4 ♀, UCRC] ; Cabaña Mamaramos, 2855 m, 1–19.v.2000, P. Reina [1 ♀, UCRC] . CHOCÓ, Parque Nacional Natural Utría, Cocalito, 6°01’N 77°20’W, 20 m, 7– 29.ix.2000, J. Pérez [1 ♀, UCRC] . MAGDALENA: Parque Nacional Natural Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, La Estación, 10°48’N 73°39’W, 2220 m, J. Cantillo : 25–30.vi.2000 [1 ♀, UCRC] ; 15–31.vii.2000 [2 ♀, UCRC]. Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona, Pueblito, 11°20’N 74°02’W, 225 m, 26.iv–13.v.2000, R. Henríquez [1 ♀, UCRC] . COSTA RICA. CARTAGO, 4 km NE of Cañon Genesis II, 2350 m, i.1995, P. Hanson [1 ♀, UCRC] . SAN JOSÉ, Serra de la Muerte, Estación Biológica Cuericí , 2600 m, i.2000, P. Hanson [1 ♀, UCRC] . GUATEMALA. CHIMALTENANGO, 14°39.517’N 90°42.522’W, 5833’, 8.iii.2004, M.S. Hoddle (on avocado) [1 ♀, UCRC] .

Extralimital records. MEXICO. NUEVO LEÓN: Municipio El Carmen, El Carmen : 10.vii.1983, A. González-Hernández [5 ♀, 3 ♂, UCRC] ; 10.vii.1983, G. Gordh [1 ♀, UCRC] . Municipio Escobedo : 13.vii.1983, M.A. Rodríguez-Pérez [1 ♀, UCRC] . Hacienda El Canada: 12.vii.1983, A. González-Hernández , M.A. Rodríguez-Pérez [1 ♀, UCRC] ; 12.vii.1983, G. Gordh [1 ♀, UCRC] . San Juan, Río San Juan : 14.vii.1983, F. Reyes-Vélez [5 ♀, 2 ♂, UCRC] ; 14.vii.1983, M.A. Rodríguez-Pérez [2 ♀, 3 ♂, UCRC] . PUEBLA, Atlixco , 18°52.391’N 98°26.435’W, 1724 m, 24.xi.2003, M.S. Hoddle (on avocado) [1 ♀, UCRC] .

Description. See Huber (1988).

Diagnosis. Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) inflatiscapus is a member of the ater subgroup of the ater species group. Body generally brown to dark brown. Female antenna ( Fig. 353 ) with scape abruptly and conspicuously wider than radicle at junction. Propodeum ( Fig. 354 ) with submedian carinae fine, straight, parallel, almost extending to dorsellum anteriorly. Forewing ( Fig. 355 ) without cubital row of setae. Distribution. NEOTROPICAL*: Colombia*, Costa Rica*, and Guatemala*. NEARCTIC: Mexico, and USA. Huber (1988) mentioned this species from Nuevo León, Mexico.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 353 – 355. Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) inflatiscapus ♀ (Río San Juan, San Juan, Nuevo León, Mexico): 353, antenna; 354, dorsellum and propodeum; 355, forewing.