Callodicopus, Ogloblin, 1955

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 : 20-21

CALLODICOPUS Ogloblin, 1955

( Figs 64–68 )

Callodicopus Ogloblin, 1955b: 377 . Type species: Callodicopus crassula Ogloblin, 1955 , by original designation. See Huber et al. (2020) for generic synonyms and their type species.

Diagnosis. Occiput separated from gena/postgena by transverse vertexal trabecula just dorsal to foramen magnum ( Fig. 64b ); mandibles with 2 equal teeth and crossing when closed ( Fig. 64a ); female antenna with funicle 7-segmented and fu 2 much shorter than fu 1 or fu 3 ( Fig. 65 ); mesophragma projecting slightly into gaster; gt 1 about same length as each following tergum ( Fig. 68a ).

Discussion. Callodicopus belongs to the Alaptus group of genera. In the Afrotropical region the group also includes Alaptus , Dicopomorpha , Dicopus and Litus . Callodicopus appears to be a link between the Alaptus group of genera and the Camptoptera group of genera. The wide propodeal foramen with the mesophragma projecting slightly through it into the gaster places it in the Alaptus group but the back of the head with a median coronal line place it in the Camptoptera group. The length of fu 2 varies; in some cases it is so short that the antenna appears to have only 6 funicle segments.

Afrotropical hosts. Unknown.

Important references. Annecke (1961a), Huber & Lin (1999).

Figures

FIGURES 64–66. Callodicopus sp. 64a, head, anterior; 64b, head, posterior; 65, antenna; 66, wings. Scale bars: 64 = 100 μm; 65, 66 = 200 μm.

FIGURES 67, 68. Callodicopus sp. 67, mesosoma, dorsal; 68a, metasoma, dorsal; 68b, metasoma showing genitalia through gaster. Scale bars = 100 μm.