Stephanodes similis ( Foerster, 1847 )

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2020, Illustrated key to genera and catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in America north of Mexico, Zootaxa 4773 (3), pp. 1-411 : 342

Stephanodes similis ( Foerster, 1847)

Polynema similis Foerster, 1847: 218 . Lectotype ♀ (NHMW), designated by Soyka, 1956b: 108 [ Hincks, 1950: 177 stated that Foerster’s type was in MHNG, but see Huber & Fidalgo, 1997: 38]. TL: Germany, Aachen. Lameere, 1907: 247 (habitat) [P]; Bakkendorf, 1934: 62 (habitat) [P]; Soyka, 1946a: 33 (synonymy under S. elegans ) [P].

Stephanodes similis: Debauche, 1948: 205 (generic transfer implied, description, distribution) [P]; Hincks, 1950: 176 (generic transfer, distribution) [P]; Doutt, 1955: 17 (distribution) [A] [misidentification?]; Viggiani, 1967b: 160 (distribution) [P]; Hellén, 1968: 34 (list) [P]; Mathot, 1968: 275 (list) [P]; Viggiani, 1973b: 277 (male genitalia) [P]; Bouček, 1977: 123 (dis- tribution) [P]; Bouček & Graham, 1978: 110 (catalogue) [P]; Taguchi, 1978: 75 (key) [P]; Graham, 1983: 36 (distribution) [P]; Viggiani, 1988: 147 (male genitalia) [P]; Viggiani & Jesu, 1988: 1025 (distribution) [P]; De Santis & Fidalgo, 1994: 127 (catalogue) [NT]; Pagliano & Navone, 1995: 37 (list) [P]; Baquero & Jordana, 2002: 82 (distribution) [P]; Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy, 2002a: 9 (distribution) [P]; Viggiani, 2004: 71 (male genitalia) [P]; Huber et al., 2009: 271 (list) [P]; Luft Albarracin et al., 2009: 12 (list) [NT]; Pricop, 2009a: 81 (distribution) [P]; Pricop, 2009b: 126 (distribution) [P]; Pricop, 2009c: 22 (distribution) [P]; Pricop, 2010a: 74 (distribution) [P]; Pintureau, 2012: 31 (list) [P]; Haghayeghi-Nosrati et al., 2014a: 47 (distribution) [P]; Samin, 2015: 122 (distribution) [P]; Lotfalizadeh, 2015: 75 (distribution) [P]; Dale-Skey, 2016: 248 (checklist) [P]; Koponen & Triapitsyn, 2016: 3 (distribution) [P].

Stephanodes psecas Girault, 1912 [110]: 41. Lectotype ♀ (INHS), designated by Frison, 1927: 228. TL: USA, Illinois, Butler. Synonymy by Huber & Fidalgo, 1997: 38. Girault, 1912 [107]: 80 (possibly identical to S. enocki ); Frison, 1927: 228 (types); Taguchi, 1978: 75 (key) [P]; Burks, 1979: 1032 (catalogue); Webb, 1980: 119 (lectotype listed); Huber, 1997: 506 (key); Yoshimoto, 1990: 72 (list).

Polynema psecas Girault, 1911 [96]: 319 [nomen nudum]; Girault, 1913 [135]: 13 (description, distribution; Girault, 1913 [137]: 196 (description, distribution); Girault, 1929 [428]: 16 (key); Peck, 1951: 418 (catalogue); Peck, 1963: 47 (catalogue).

Polynema isotoma Debauche, 1949: 7 . Replacement name for S. similis (Förster) .

Stephanodes elegans Enock, 1909: 457 . Lectotype ♀ (NHMUK), designated by Huber & Fidalgo, 1997: 39. TL: England, Woking. Synonymy by Soyka, 1946a: 33.

Polynema enockii Girault, 1911 [96]: 321. Replacement name for P. elegans (Enock) .

Distribution. Canada: AB, QC, YT. USA: IA, IL, MI, MO, WI.