Mymaridae

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2007, Paranaphoidea Girault 1913, Zootaxa 1596, pp. 1-111 : 15-19

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Mymaridae
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Key to genera of Australian Mymaridae View in CoL View at ENA . Males.

(Antenna without clava; with flagellum of 8–11 segments similar in width. In Anagrus -group genera the apical two flagellomeres are usually widely joined together, clava-like, but are not wider than the preceding segments)

Note: Mymarid males are less common than females. Males of Cybomymar , Eofoersteria , Polynemoidea and Parastethynium are unknown or ( Dicopomorpha ) exceedingly rare and therefore not included in the key. Males of several genera have not yet been found in the Australian fauna but are likely to be present so they are included in the key.

1 Tarsi 5-segmented ( Figs. 140–142 View FIGURES 135–142 )....................................................................................................... 2

- Tarsi 4-segmented ( Figs. 209–211 View FIGURES 205–212 ) or, exceptionally ( Kikiki View in CoL ), 3-segmented ( Figs. 155, 156 View FIGURES 153–157 )...........11

2(1) Flagellum 11-segmented ( Figs. 58 View FIGURES 54–59 , 136 View FIGURES 135–142 ) ............................................................................................. 3

- Flagellum at most 10-segmented ( Figs. 12 View FIGURES 7–13 , 93 View FIGURES 92–98 , 103)............................................................................7

3(2) Fore wing venation at least half wing length, usually much more ( Figs. 44, 55 View FIGURES 54–59 , 131)......................... 4

- Fore wing venation less than half wing length ( Figs. 135 View FIGURES 135–142 , 143 View FIGURES 143–146 ) ............................. Gonatocerus Nees View in CoL

4(3) Flagellomeres each with at least 10 longitudinal sensilla ( Fig. 133) ........... Eustochomorpha Girault View in CoL (Note: Male of Eustochomorpha haeckeli View in CoL is unknown; males that key here are conspecific with females of undescribed species having a 3-segmented funicle)

- Flagellomeres each with at most 5 longitudinal sensilla ...................................................................... 5

5(4) Flagellomeres with setae long, about twice length of flagellomere ( Fig. 175 View FIGURES 170–178 ); protibial spur (calcar) comb-like along inner margin ( Figs. 172, 176 View FIGURES 170–178 ) ........................................ Myrmecomymar Yoshimoto View in CoL

- Flagellomeres with setae normal, shorter than length of flagellomere ( Fig. 66 View FIGURES 66–71 ); protibial spur (calcar) smooth along inner margin ( Fig. 67 View FIGURES 66–71 ).....................................................................................................6

6(5) Propodeum medially with H-shaped pattern of carinae ( Fig. 59 View FIGURES 54–59 ) ........................ Boudiennyia Girault View in CoL

- Propodeum without such a pattern of carinae .............................................................. Arescon Walker View in CoL

7(2) Gaster with petiole distinct, narrow (less than one third width of propodeal apex) and slightly longer than wide; mesophragma not projecting into gaster ( Fig. 65 View FIGURES 60–65 )..............................................................8

- Gaster broadly joined to propodeum, the propodeal foramen over half as wide as propodeal apex or gaster, and gastral petiole much shorter than wide, ring-like ( Fig. 164); mesophragma projecting into gaster ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 7–13 ) ........................................................................................................................................ 9

8(7) Fore wing not curved apically, the posterior margin straight so wing widening slightly towards apex (wider than in female, Fig. 71 View FIGURES 66–71 ); wing blade with dark and light pattern and with numerous microtrichia (as in female, Fig. 71 View FIGURES 66–71 ); propodeum with distinct reticulate sculpture .............................................. ...................................................................................................................... Camptopteroides Viggiani View in CoL

- Fore wing curved apically, the posterior margin concave and paralleling anterior margin; wing blade hyaline and usually with few microtrichia, often in single median row ( Fig. 60 View FIGURES 60–65 ); propodeum without sculpture or with faint reticulate sculpture and sometimes with carinae ............. Camptoptera Förster View in CoL

9(7) Flagellum ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 7–13 ) 8 or 9-segmented, rarely with an additional minute ring segment between segments 1 and 2 ........................................................................................................... Alaptus Westwood View in CoL

- Flagellum 10-segmented ( Figs. 103, 159) ......................................................................................... 10

10(9) Fore wing extremely narrow medially, with posterior margin slightly and evenly concave along much of its length, and with few microtrichia on blade ( Fig. 101); posterior scutellum shorter than anterior scutellum and not divided medially by longitudinal suture .......................................... Dicopus Enock View in CoL

- Fore wing wider medially, the posterior margin concave mainly towards apex ( Fig. 158), and often with several rows of microtrichia on blade; posterior scutellum longer than anterior scutellum and divided by mediolongitudinal suture ( Fig. 164) ................................. Mimalaptus Noyes & Valentine View in CoL

11(1) Tarsi 3-segmented ( Figs. 155, 156 View FIGURES 153–157 ); flagellum 9-segmented ( Fig. 154 View FIGURES 153–157 )...... Kikiki Huber & Beardsley View in CoL

- Tarsi 4-segmented ( Fig. 231 View FIGURES 230–236 ); flagellum usually 11-segmented ( Fig. 232 View FIGURES 230–236 ) but sometimes 10- or 9-segmented.................................................................................................................................................12

12(11) Propodeum with longitudinal submedian pair of tall, translucent, areolate carinae ( Fig. 235 View FIGURES 230–236 ) and propodeal seta branched; gastral tergum 1 anteriorly with sublateral pair of translucent, areolate carinae ( Fig. 233 View FIGURES 230–236 )................................................................................................ Ptilomymar Annecke & Doutt View in CoL

- Propodeum and gaster without such carinae and propodeal seta not branched; gastral tergum 1 without carinae ........................................................................................................................................... 13

13(12) Gaster petiolate, the petiole tube-like, slightly to considerably longer than wide ( Figs. 23 View FIGURES 21–29 , 192 View FIGURES 190–197 ); mesophragma not projecting into gaster ( Figs. 23 View FIGURES 21–29 , 191 View FIGURES 190–197 ); body often well sclerotized, the head and metasoma non-collapsing when air-dried ( Figs. 23 View FIGURES 21–29 , 191 View FIGURES 190–197 ); scutellum usually not clearly divided into anterior and posterior scutellum and often with a transverse row of fovea in posterior half ( Figs. 191 View FIGURES 190–197 , 215 View FIGURES 213–215 ).....................................................................................................................................................14

- Gaster appearing sessile, the petiole ring-like, wider than long, either about half as wide as apex of propodeum and barely recognizable ( Fig. 212 View FIGURES 205–212 ) or narrower, about one-third width of propodeal apex, and distinguishable ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 36–41 ); mesophragma usually projecting a least slightly into gaster ( Fig. 212 View FIGURES 205–212 ); body often poorly sclerotized, the head and metasoma collapsing when air-dried; scutellum often clearly divided into anterior and posterior scutellum ( Fig. 273 View FIGURES 266–273 ) but usually without a transverse row of fovea....................................................................................................................................................24

14(13) Mandibles pointing ventrally, not crossing each other medially (mandibular condyles transverse, so mandibles move forewards and backwards) ( Figs. 23, 26 View FIGURES 21–29 ), with several, small teeth on ventral surface ( Figs. 22 View FIGURES 21–29 , 126 View FIGURES 123–128 ); hind wing relatively wide, with rounded apex ( Figs. 21 View FIGURES 21–29 , 123 View FIGURES 123–128 ) and membrane extending narrowly to base of venation ( Fig. 123 View FIGURES 123–128 ); protibial spur (calcar) comb-like along inner margin ( Figs. 25 View FIGURES 21–29 , 125 View FIGURES 123–128 ).....................................................................................................................................15

- Mandibles pointing towards each other, crossing each other medially (mandibular condyles in line with long axis of body, so mandibles move in and out), with usually three equal, normal-sized teeth on inner surface ( Figs. 150 View FIGURES 147–152 , 220, 265 View FIGURES 260–265 ); hind wing width and apex various, but its membrane beginning towards apex of venation so venation without membrane for at least half its length ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–6 ); protibial spur not comb-like on inner surface ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 14–20 )..................................................................................... 16

15(14) Head in lateral view only slightly triangular, not longer than high and with small projection between toruli ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 21–29 ); mandible not longer than width of mouth opening ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 21–29 ) ....... Anagroidea Girault View in CoL

- Head in lateral view strongly and sharply triangular ( Fig. 126 View FIGURES 123–128 ), much longer than high and with large, distinct shelf projecting between toruli ( Fig. 124 View FIGURES 123–128 ); mandible as long as head height ( Fig. 126 View FIGURES 123–128 )............ ......................................................................................... Eubroncus Yoshimoto, Kozlov & Trjapitzin View in CoL

16(14) Fore wing oar-shaped, with a long, narrow petiole and short, oval, partly infuscate blade; hind wing filamentous, very short ( Fig. 165) to almost 2/3 as long as fore wing; toruli at extreme dorsolateral angle of face, touching transverse trabecula (a transverse, thickened bar of dark cuticle) separating face from vertex; scape constricted medially ( Fig. 166) ................................................. Mymar Curtis View in CoL

- Fore wing not oar-shaped; hind wing not filamentous, though sometimes membrane very narrow ( Fig. 237); toruli usually lower on face, separated from trabecula by at least half a torulus diameter ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–6 ), but sometimes at extreme dorsolateral angle; scape not constricted medially ( Figs. 5, 6 View FIGURES 1–6 ) ................ 17

17(16) Petiole attached to gastral tergum ....................................................................................................... 18

- Petiole attached to gastral sternum .................................................................................................... 20

18(17) Face with small pit submedially next to each torulus ( Fig. 150 View FIGURES 147–152 ) .................... Himopolynema Taguchi View in CoL

- Face without a pit submedially next to each torulus ( Figs. 5 View FIGURES 1–6 , 214 View FIGURES 213–215 ) .................................................... 19

19(18) Propleura abutting each other anteriorly along midline, the prosterum thus closed anteriorly ( Fig. 191 View FIGURES 190–197 ); fore wing usually narrow and often slightly narrowing just beyond apex of venation ( Fig. 77 View FIGURES 77–82 ) but sometimes wider ( Fig. 190 View FIGURES 190–197 ); propodeum without carinae ...................... Palaeoneura Waterhouse View in CoL

- Propleura not abutting anteriorly along midline, the prosternum thus open anteriorly; fore wing usually wider just beyond apex of venation than at marginal vein; propodeum with at least an incomplete median carina [but smooth in the introduced P. saga (Girault) ] ............................. Polynema Haliday View in CoL

20(17) Fore wing very narrow basally and very wide distally, usually with two or three wide transverse brown bands ( Fig. 237); hind wing very narrow and about half as long as fore wing ( Fig. 237); head and thorax (except metathorax) with distinct, areolate sculpture ............................. Richteria Girault View in CoL

- Wings not as above, fore wing usually without bands but, if banded, head and thorax at most with inconspicuous, reticulate sculpture; hind wing almost as long as fore wing ( Figs. 1 View FIGURES 1–6 , 77 View FIGURES 77–82 , 248 View FIGURES 247–253 ) even when very narrow................................................................................................................................21

21(20) Vertex with wide, shallow depression outside each ocellus ( Fig. 252 View FIGURES 247–253 ); scape with imbricate (rasplike) sulpture on inner surface ( Figs. 247, 252 View FIGURES 247–253 ); prothoracic spiracle advanced forward, near anterior apex of notauli ( Fig. 253 View FIGURES 247–253 ); propodeum without median carina ...................................... Stephanodes Enock View in CoL

- Vertex usually without a depression outside each ocellus ( Fig. 150 View FIGURES 147–152 ); scape at most with fine reticulate sculpture on inner surface ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–6 ); prothoracic spiracle at posterolateral angle of pronotum ( Figs. 191 View FIGURES 190–197 , 215 View FIGURES 213–215 ); propodeum with median or submedian carinae.........................................................................22

22(21) Face without a pit submedially next to each torulus ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–6 ); propodeum either with V-shaped submedian carinae ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–6 ) or with a complete median carina......................................................................23

- Face with a submedian pit next to each torulus; propodeum with subparallel submedian carinae, these often incomplete, present at posterior margin of propodeum only ......................................................... ...................................................................................... Boccacciomymar S. Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy

23(22) Propodeum with V-shaped, submedian carinae ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–6 ) ................................ Acmopolynema Ogloblin View in CoL

- Propodeum with a single, complete median carina .................................. Agalmopolynema Ogloblin View in CoL

24(13) Wings very short, not extending past propodeum ( Figs. 107, 182, 202) or wings absent..................25

- Wings well developed, extending at least to apex of gaster ( Figs. 105, 198) .................................... 26

25(24) Head in lateral view angular, strongly receding from toruli towards mouth margin. Cleruchus Enock View in CoL

- Head in lateral view slightly bulging but not strongly receding towards mouth margin ........................ Nesopatasson Valentine View in CoL

26(24) Posterior scutellum divided medially by a longitudinal sulcus (sometimes only in partly divided in some Omyomymar View in CoL specimens) ( Figs. 212 View FIGURES 205–212 , 246 View FIGURES 242–246 , 273 View FIGURES 266–273 , 283 View FIGURES 280–284 ); gaster appearing sessile with only a slight dorsal or lateral constriction between mesosoma and metasoma, the extremely short petiole about half as wide as apex of propodeum or gastral tergum 1 and barely recognizable or distinguishable from gastral tergum 1; mesophragma usually projecting at least slightly into metasoma ( Figs. 20 View FIGURES 14–20 , 30 View FIGURES 30–35 , 185, 212 View FIGURES 205–212 , 246 View FIGURES 242–246 , 283 View FIGURES 280–284 ) .................................................................................................................................... 27

- Posterior scutellum entire; gaster appearing subsessile, with a distinct dorsal and lateral constriction between mesosoma and metasoma, the petiole ring-like, about one-third width of propodeal apex at junction with propodeum (but over half as wide in Cleruchoides ) and usually easily distinguishable from gastral tergum 1 ( Figs. 39 View FIGURES 36–41 , 52 View FIGURES 47–53 , 120 View FIGURES 117–122 , 224 View FIGURES 221–224 , 273 View FIGURES 266–273 ); mesophragma not projecting into gaster or scarcely so ........................................................................................................................................... 32

27(26) Scape with numerous short, stout setae covering inner surface ( Fig. 187); gena in lateral view massive, twice width of relatively small eye ............................................................. Omyomymar Schauff View in CoL

- Scape without setae on inner surface or, if with setae ( Allanagrus View in CoL ), these longer, thin and hair-like; gena in lateral view narrower, less than twice width of eye, the eye of normal size..........................28

28(27) Protibial spur comb-like, with row of sete along inner margin in addition to apical bifurcation ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 30–35 ); fore wing narrow, especially just beyond venation ( Figs. 32, 33 View FIGURES 30–35 ) ...................... Anagrus Haliday View in CoL

- Protibial spur not comb-like; fore wing wider ................................................................................... 29

29(28) Genitalia not encapsulated in saclike phallobase, asymmetrical ( Fig. 259, and fig. 3 in Viggiani 1989); fore wing characteristically shaped, with a distinct, rounded lobe behind venation, narrowing just beyond venation, then widening evenly towards rounded to slightly pointed apex ............................... ................................................................................................................................... Stethynium Enock View in CoL

- Genitalia encapsulated in saclike phallobase, symmetrical ( Fig. 208 View FIGURES 205–212 ); fore wing without a distinct lobe behind venation ( Fig. 206 View FIGURES 205–212 )...........................................................................................................30

30(29) Hind wing often extremely wide or, if relatively narrow, wider apically than basally and with rounded apex ( Fig. 206 View FIGURES 205–212 ) .................................................................................................. Paranaphoidea Girault View in CoL

- Hind wing normal, not unusually narrow or wide, and somewhat pointed apically ( Figs. 14 View FIGURES 14–20 , 242 View FIGURES 242–246 )..31

31(30) Face with subantennal grooves extending to mouth margin ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 14–20 ); scape with numerous hairlike setae on inner surface; mesophragma in dorsal view rounded apically ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 14–20 ) ................................... ............................................................................................................... Allanagrus Noyes & Valentine View in CoL

- Face without subantennal grooves; scape without setae but with transverse striations on inner surface; mesophragma in dorsal view notched apically (as in Fig. 212 View FIGURES 205–212 )..................... Schizophragma Ogloblin View in CoL

32(26) Fore wing venation at least half wing length, the marginal vein at least as long as submarginal vein ( Figs. 49 View FIGURES 47–53 , 198).....................................................................................................................................33

- Fore wing venation at most 0.4 wing length, the marginal vein distinctly shorter than submarginal vein ..................................................................................................................................................... 34

33(32) Fore wing usually with a more or less defined oblique line of microtrichia extending from apex of venation to posterior margin of wing at about one-quarter wing length from wing apex ( Fig. 49 View FIGURES 47–53 ) or, if microtrichia row absent, a fold present ............................................................ Australomymar Girault View in CoL

- Fore wing without such a line of microtrichia or fold ................ Paracmotemnus Noyes & Valentine View in CoL

34(32) Fore wing venation about 0.4 wing length and with curved brown suffusion behind relatively long marginal vein, and apex of blade symmetrically rounded ( Fig. 225) ..................................................... ......................................................................................................... Pseudanaphes Noyes & Valentine View in CoL

- Fore wing venation usually shorter and usually without suffusion as above, though sometimes with brown bands beyond venation, but if as above then apex of blade often at least slightly asymmetrical..............................................................................................................................................................35

35(34) Head in lateral view with face rounded to flat, barely receding from toruli to mouth margin; toruli directed forward..................................................................................................................................36

- Head in lateral view with face angular, strongly receding from toruli to mouth margin; toruli often directed obliquely upward...................................................................................................................39

36(35) Pronotum entire ......................................................................................................... Anaphes Haliday View in CoL

- Pronotum longitudinally divided medially (by distinct suture or pale line) into two lobes ............... 37

37(36) Scape with strong, isodiametric cellulate sculpture on inner surface ( Fig. 263 View FIGURES 260–265 ) .................................... Kompsomymar Lin & Huber , gen. nov.

- Scape at most only faintly sculptured on inner surface ..................................................................... 38

38(37) Head in lateral view thin, the gena very narrow so posterior margin of eye, at least dorsally, touching or almost touching back of head ............................................................................. Erythmelus Enock View in CoL

- Head in lateral view relatively thick, the gena relatively wide, so posterior margin of eye separated along entire length from back of head .......................................................... Dorya Noyes & Valentine View in CoL

39(35) Flagellar segments at least 2.5X as long as wide ( Fig. 74 View FIGURES 72–76 ) ............. Ceratanaphes Noyes & Valentine View in CoL

- Flagellar segments shorter, at least some not much longer than wide ( Fig. 85 View FIGURES 83–88 ) ................................ 40

40(39) Fore wing blade entirely covered with microtrichia ( Figs. 223 View FIGURES 221–224 , 274) .................... Prionaphes Gahan View in CoL

- Fore wing blade with one or two rows of microtrichia but otherwise bare ( Fig 88 View FIGURES 83–88 ) ......................... 41

41(40) Fore wing parallel-sided or almost so, knife-like, at least 8X as long as wide, and posterior margin with weak lobe behind apex of venation ( Fig. 88 View FIGURES 83–88 ) .................................................... Cleruchus Enock View in CoL

- Fore wing with anterior and posterior margins diverging, about 6X as long as wide, and posterior margin distinctly lobed behind apex of venation ( Fig. 269 View FIGURES 266–273 ) ...... Cleruchoides Lin & Huber , gen. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mymaridae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mymaridae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mymaridae

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