Paranaphoidea, Girault, 1913

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2021, Illustrated key to the genera and catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 5036 (1), pp. 1-166 : 41-42

PARANAPHOIDEA Girault, 1913

( Figs 217–221 )

Paranaphoidea Girault, 1913: 115 . Type species: Paranaphoidea egregia Girault, 1913 , by original designation.

Idiocentrus Gahan, 1927: 35 . Type species: Idiocentrus mirus Gahan, 1927 , by original designation. Synonymy by Lin et al., 2007: 43.

Diagnosis. Face with subantennal sulci ( Fig. 217 ); ocelli not delimited by stemmaticum ( Fig. 221 ); back of head with curved transverse groove separating occiput from gena/postgena ( Fig. 220 ); female antenna with clava 3-segmented ( Fig. 218 ) or 2-segmented ( Fig. 221 ); frenum divided medially by longitudinal suture; ovipositor extending anteriorly under mesosoma anterior to level of head ( Fig. 221 ).

Discussion. Paranaphoidea belongs to the Anagrus group of genera. In the Afrotropical region the Anagrus group also includes Allanagrus , Anagrus , Dorya , Omyomymar and Schizophragma . Paranaphoidea is distinguished from the other genera in the group by the ovipositor and sheaths in a gastral sac projecting anteriorly under the mesosoma as far as or beyond the level of the head.

Afrotropical hosts. Unknown.

Important reference. Huber & Triapitsyn (2017).

Figures

FIGURES 217–219. Paranaphoidea (Idiocentrus) africana Huber & Triapitsyn [extralimital], holotype. 217, head, anterior; 218, antenna; 219, wings. Scale bars: 217 = 100 μm; 218, 219 = 200 μm.

FIGURES 220, 221. Paranaphoidea spp. 220, P. (Idiocentrus) africana Huber & Triapitsyn [extralimital], holotype. 220, head, ventral + mesosoma and metasoma, lateral; 221, P. (Paranaphoidea) sp., habitus, dorsal. South Africa, Upper Berg River, 8.xi.1963, L. Brundin (NHMUK010834649). Scale bars: 220 = 1000 μm; 221 = 1000 μm.