Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) flagellatus Huber, 1988

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Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) flagellatus Huber, 1988

( Figs 300–303 )

Gonatocerus flagellatus Huber 1988: 78 –79. Holotype female [ USNM] (not examined). Type locality: Weslaco , Hidalgo Co., Texas, USA .

Gonatocerus flagellatus Huber : Yoshimoto 1990: 40 (list, ater species group); De Santis & Fidalgo 1994: 124 –125 (catalog).

Material examined. MEXICO. SINALOA, 11 mi. N of La Concha, La Muralla, 25.x.1982, J.T. Huber [1 ♀, UCRC] .

Description. See Huber (1988).

Diagnosis. Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) flagellatus is a member of the bucculentus subgroup of the ater species group. Female body ( Fig. 301 ) generally yellow, with some brown; antenna ( Fig. 300 ) with flagellum black. Occipital sulcus longer than wide. Propodeum ( Fig. 302 ) with submedian carinae fine, straight, parallel, almost extending to dorsellum anteriorly. Wings as in Fig. 303 , forewing without a cubital row of setae.

Distribution. NEOTROPICAL*: Mexico (Sinaloa). NEARCTIC: USA. Huber (1988) mentioned occurrence of this species in Mexico without providing further details on its distribution there.

Hosts. The true hosts of this species are unknown. The mealybug ( Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae ) host indicated on the type slide is very doubtful ( Huber 1988).

Figures

FIGURES 300 – 303. Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) flagellatus ♀ (La Muralla, 11 mi. N of La Concha, Sinaloa, Mexico): 300, antenna; 301, mesosoma and metasoma; 302, scutellum, dorsellum, propodeum, and petiole; 303, wings.