Alaptus, Westwood, 1839

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 : 13

ALAPTUS Westwood, 1839

( Figs 6–9 )

Alaptus Westwood, 1839: 79 . Type species: Alaptus minimus Westwood, 1839 , by monotypy. See Huber et al. (2020) for generic synonyms and their type species.

Diagnosis. Head posteriorly with curved horizontal sulcus medially above foramen ( Fig. 9); supraorbital trabecula with alternating sclerotized and unsclerotized sections ( Figs 6 , 9); mandible with 2 teeth ( Fig. 6 ); female antenna with funicle 5-segmented ( Fig. 7 ); fore wing posterior margin with an abrupt, recurved notch behind venation and, thereafter, posterior margin almost straight and gradually diverging from anterior margin almost to wing apex ( Fig. 8 ); mesophragma projecting into gaster ( Fig. 9); petiole much wider than long and almost indistinguishable from propodeum or gt 1; gt 1 longitudinally divided medially ( Fig. 9). Male with flagellum 8-segmented.

Discussion. Alaptus belongs to the Alaptus group of genera. In the Afrotropical region this group also includes Callodicopus , Dicopomorpha , Dicopus and Litus . Among these Alaptus is the only genus with funicle 5-segment- ed.

Afrotropical hosts. Psocoptera.

Important reference. Triapitsyn (2017a).

Figures

FIGURES 6–8. Alaptus sp. 6, head, anterior; 7, antenna; 8, wings. Scale bars: 6 = 50 μm; 7 = 100 μm; 8 = 200 μm.