Ooctonus, Haliday, 1833

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2010, Revision of the Palaearctic species and review of the Oriental species of Ooctonus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), with notes on extralimital taxa 2381, Zootaxa 2381 (1), pp. 1-74 : 60

Key to the known Oriental species of Ooctonus (females)

1 Metacoxa yellowish or light brown .......................................................................................................................... 2

– Metacoxa dark brown or black ................................................................................................................................. 3

2(1) All funicle segments dark brown ( Fig. 126 ); posterior half or so of mesoscutum smooth ................ O. lapen sp. n.

– F1–F3 light brown, contrastingly lighter than following funicle segments ( Fig. 115 ); entire mesoscutum with reticulate sculpture .............................................................................................................. O. flavipodus Subba Rao

3(1) Midlobe of mesoscutum without a median groove or at most with a very short median groove (less than 0.1x length of mesoscutum at its posterior margin) ( Fig. 118 ) .................................................. O. himalayus Subba Rao

– Midlobe of mesoscutum with a long median groove (notably more than 0.5x length of mesoscutum or extending almost to its anterior margin) ................................................................................................................................... 4

4(3) Body length about 2.6 mm; propodeum with lateral carinae not parallel to median carina and not extending to its anterior margin ....................................................................................................................... O. sinensis Subba Rao

– Body length about 1.7 mm; propodeum with lateral carinae parallel to median carina and extending to its anterior margin .......................................................................................................................... O. nigrotestaceus Subba Rao

Figures

FIGURE 115. Ooctonus flavipodus ♀ (paratype): habitus.

FIGURES 126–129. Ooctonus lapen ♀ (holotype): 126, antenna; 127, mesosoma; 128, dorsellum and propodeum; 129, wings.

FIGURES 116–120. Ooctonus himalayus ♀ (Phulcoki, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal): 116, antenna; 117, head (frontal view); 118, mesosoma; 119, propodeum; 120, wings.