Camptopteroides, Viggiani, 1974

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 : 23

CAMPTOPTEROIDES Viggiani, 1974

( Figs 79–84 )

Camptopteroides Viggiani, 1974: 3 . Type species: Camptopteroides armata Viggiani, 1974 , by original designation. See Huber et al. (2020) for generic synonyms and their type species.

Diagnosis. Head posteriorly with median vertical coronal sulcus extending from vertexal suture to meet postorbital sulcus and postorbital sulcus extending laterally from above foramen to below eye; mandible with 2 teeth ( Fig. 79 ); female antenna with funicle either 6-segmented ( Fig. 80 ) or possibly 7-segmented with fu 2 ring-like, much shorter than fu 1 or fu 3 and almost fused to fu 3, and clava as long as scape, longer than funicle + pedicel; frenum, metanotum and propodeum with strong reticulate sculpture ( Fig. 83 ); fore wing shortened, strongly curved, with membrane beyond venation extending much less than length of venation ( Fig. 82 ); hind wing spindle-like ( Fig. 83 ); petiole ring-like, much shorter than wide. Male (of a different species, female unknown) with fore wing fully developed, apically pointed and parallel-sided.

Discussion. Camptopteroides belongs to the Camptoptera group of genera. In the Afrotropical region this group also includes Camptoptera , Ptilomymar and Stephanocampta . See under Camptoptera for explanation of included genera.

Afrotropical hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. No named species in the Afrotropical region. Specimens examined (CAS, CNC, UCRC) are from Madagascar and represent two species, one known from females and the other from one male.

Important references. Huber & Lin (1999), Sankararaman et al. (2020).

Figures

FIGURES 79, 80. Camptopteroides sp. 79, head, anterior; 80, antenna. Scale bars = 200 μm.

FIGURES 81, 82. Camptopteroides sp. 81, mesosoma + metasoma, lateral (note fore wing wrapped around apex of frenum, with long proximal and distal macrochaetae projecting posterodorsally); 82, fore wing, with basal half in lateral view and apex half in ventral view; distal macrochaeta broken off leaving socket only. Scale bars: 81 = 500 μm; 82 = 200 μm.

FIGURES 83, 84. Camptopteroides sp. 83, head + mesosoma, dorsal; 84, metasoma, dorsal (with apex turned dorsally). Scale bars = 200 μm.