Ganomymar, De Santis, 1972

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 : 29

GANOMYMAR De Santis, 1972

( Figs 147–149 )

Ganomymar De Santis, 1972: 1 . Type species: Ganomymar dessarti De Santis, 1972 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Gena in dorsal view absent, the eye extending posteriorly to occiput ( Fig. 147 ); antenna in most species with clava white, contrasting strongly with dark colour of funicle ( Fig. 148 ); fore wing shortened in female of type species ( Fig. 149 ) and one species, fully winged (macropterous) in males of two species ( Triapitsyn 2021c); propodeum at posterior margin with a pair of small white puffs (spherical structures of unknown nature that are very translucent and thus not visible in slide-mounted specimens) on both sides of petiole attachment (best seen in dry-mounted specimens), either with well separated parallel submedian carinae ( Fig. 147 ) or with a complete or incomplete median carina ( Triapitsyn 2021c); petiole posteriorly attached to gastral sternum.

Discussion. Ganomymar belongs to the Polynema group of genera as defined by Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy (2007). In the Afrotropical region this group also includes Acmopolynema , Mymar , Mymarilla , Palaeoneura , Polynema and Stephanodes . Superficially, the type species of Ganomymar resembles some Neotropical Cremnomymar Ogloblin with shortened wings but the eye in Cremnomymar species does not extend to the occiput, leaving a wide gena in dorsal view and the propodeal carinae are configured differently ( Huber 2013).

Afrotropical hosts. Unknown.

Important reference. Triapitsyn (2021c).

Figures

FIGURES 147–149. Ganomymar dessarti De Santis. 147, habitus, dorsal, Madagascar,Alaotra-Mangoro,Andasibe (= Périnet); 148, holotype antenna; 149, holotype fore wing. Scale bars = 500 μm.