Nesomymar Valentine, 1971

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2007, Paranaphoidea Girault 1913, Zootaxa 1596, pp. 1-111 : 39-40

Genus Nesomymar Valentine ( Figs. 179–182)

Nesomymar Valentine, 1971: 329 . Type species: Nesomymar magniclave Valentine , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Nesomymar belongs to the Cleruchus group of genera (not the Australomymar group as classified by Noyes and Valentine, 1989). It is distinguished from the other genera in the group as follows: clava 3-seg- mented ( Fig.180); eye large and extending to back of head, so gena absent dorsally ( Fig. 182); wings reduced to minute, sack-shaped stubs, with the fore wing only As long as the humeral plate and the hind wing longer than the fore wing ( Fig. 182). Fore leg and gaster as in Figs. 179, 181. Male unknown for Australian species.

Nesomymar is closest to Nesopatasson . Their general habitus, minute wings, short ovipositor arising in apical half of gaster, and rather short antennae with funicle segments not much longer than wide suggest placement in the Cleruchus group of genera, though the head is not particularly triangular (with strongly receding face) in lateral view, as in many Cleruchus -group genera. Nesomymar is likely a synonym of Nesopatasson but a formal synonymy is not proposed until more material becomes available to determine better the variability within both genera.

Body length. About 705–725 µm (from slide mounted specimens).

Distribution. Australia and New Zealand.

Hosts. Unknown.

Important reference. Noyes & Valentine (1989).

Australian species (1):

Nesomymar sp.