Arescon Walker

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2007, Paranaphoidea Girault 1913, Zootaxa 1596, pp. 1-111 : 25

Genus Arescon Walker ( Figs. 42–46)

Arescon Walker, 1846: 50 . Type species: Mymar dimidiatus Curtis , by monotypy.

Leimacis Förster, 1847: 208 . Type species: Leimacis rufula Förster , by monotypy. Synonymy by Förster (1856: 119).

Xenomymar Crawford, 1913: 349 . Type species: Xenomymar urichi Crawford , by original designation. Synonymy by Annecke & Doutt (1961: 12).

Neurotes Enock, 1914 : cxxxiv. Type species: Neurotes iridescens Enock , by monotypy. Synonymy by De Santis (1967: 102).

Diagnosis. Arescon belongs to the Arescon group of genera. It is distinguished from Myrmecomymar , the only other genus in the group, as follows: ocelli enclosed by stemmaticum (series of lines connecting outer margins of ocelli); funicle 5-segmented ( Fig. 42); wings present and fully developed, with venation about 2/3 wing length and marginal vein much longer than submarginal vein ( Fig. 44); protibial spur not comblike along inner margin ( Fig. 43). Male flagellum 11-segmented ( Fig. 45) and genitalia as in Fig. 46.

Body length. 416–594 µm.

Distribution. Worldwide.

Hosts. Unknown for Australian species. Elsewhere reported from Cicadellidae .

Important reference. Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy (2003, 2004).

Australian species (4):

A. australia ( Girault, 1916 [274]: 207) ( Leimacis ); Dahms, 1983: 88 (types). TL: NSW, Brooklyn.

A. hilaris ( Girault, 1936 [446]: 1) ( Leimacis ); Dahms, 1984: 691 (types). TL: Qld, Indooroopilly.

A. lomonosoffi (Girault, 1912 [120]: 119) ( Leimacis ); Dahms, 1984: 763 (types). TL: Qld , Nelson [= Gordonvale] .

A. nigriceps ( Girault, 1934 [443]: 2); Noyes & Hayat, 1984: 233 (transfer to Mymaridae ). Comb. nov. from Anthemus . TL: Vic., Canterbury.