Polynema

Triapitsyn, Serguei V. & Fidalgo, Patricio, 2006, Definition of Doriclytus, stat. rev. as a subgenus of Polynema and redescription of its type species, P. (Doriclytus) vitripenne (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), Zootaxa 1362, pp. 55-68 : 60

Polynema (subgenus Polynema Haliday, 1833 ) s. str.

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Polynema Haliday 1833: 269 , 347; Hincks 1950: 177–181; Kryger 1950: 90 –92; Annecke & Doutt 1961: 36 –37; Graham 1982: 227 –230; Schauff 1984: 52 –54; Yoshimoto 1990: 81 –84. Type species: Polynema flavipes Walker, 1846 , designated by Huber & Bouček 2001: 280 –281.

Eutriche Nees 1834: 186 . Type species: Eutriche gracilis Nees, 1834 , by monotypy. Synonymized under Polynema by Walker 1846: 52.

Cosmocoma Foerster 1856: 117 , 120 (unnecessary new name).

Maidliella Soyka 1946: 178 . Type species: Maidliella neofuscipes Soyka, 1946 , by original designation. Synonymized under Polynema by Annecke & Doutt 1961: 36.

Novickyella Soyka 1946: 179 . Type species: Novickyella gracilior Soyka, 1946 , by original designation. Synonymized under Polynema by Soyka 1956: 32.

Tarphypolynema Ogloblin 1960: 79 (as a subgenus of Barypolynema ). Type species: Barypolynema (Tarphypolynema) saga ( Girault, 1911) , by original designation. Syn. n.

Comments

Previous diagnoses of Polynema , among them the more recent ones by Graham (1982), Schauff (1984) and Yoshimoto (1990), generally apply to Polynema s. l. rather than to P. (P o l y n e m a) only.

The subgenus Polynema s. str. has a worldwide distribution, and, like P. ( Doriclytus ), includes many described and undescribed species. The type species of Polynema , P. flavipes Walker ( Huber & Bouček 2001) , belongs to Polynema s. str. Based on the redescription of P. g r a c i l e (Nees) by Graham (1973b) and our study of the recently collected specimens of this species (deposited in CNCI and UCRC), the type species of Eutriche also belongs to Polynema s. str. The types species of Maidliella and Novickyella , examined at NHMW by SVT, belong to Polynema s. str. as well.

Tarphypolynema Ogloblin was described as a subgenus of Barypolynema ( Ogloblin 1960) . However, we treat it as a junior synonym of P. (P o l y n e m a) because it has all the features typical of Polynema s. str. Examined were (by SVT) numerous specimens (in CNCI, UCRC, and other collections) of its type species, P. (Polynema) saga (Girault) , from North America, including the holotype in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA (USNM).

Figures

FIGURES 8 – 10. Polynema spp. 8. P. (Doriclytus) sp., male genitalia. 9. P. (Polynema) sp., female prosternum and propleura. 10. P. (Polynema) sp., male genitalia.