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Cremnomymar kuscheli

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Cremnomymar kuscheli (Ogloblin)

(Figs 51–54)

Scolopsopteron kuscheli Ogloblin 1952: 128–132. Type locality: Alto Inglés, at about 600 m, Robinson Crusoe Island [as Masatierra Island], Juan Fernández Islands, Valparaíso, Chile. Holotype male [MEUC], not examined. Subsequent references: Ogloblin 1957: 442 (key); De Santis 1979: 373 (catalog); Yoshimoto 1990: 65 (list).

Cremnomymar kuscheli (Ogloblin): Huber 2013: 58 (generic transfer).

Type material examined. Paratype male [MLPA], on slide labeled as in Fig. 51: CHILE. Valparaíso: Juan Fernández Islands, Robinson Crusoe Island, Alto Inglés, 600 m, 6.ii.1952, G. Kuschel, on Chusquea fernandeziana (Poaceae).

Diagnosis. This seems to be a rather distinctive species in having the uniquely Y-shaped submedian carinae on the propodeum but because it is based only on strongly brachypterous males, a conspecific female is needed to reveal its true identity.

Redescription. MALE (paratype). Body length 1270 µm. Antenna (Fig. 52) with scape 4.7× as long as wide. Pronotum with reticulate sculpture, longer than mesoscutum or scutellum (Fig. 54). Mesoscutum with reticulate sculpture, scutellum apparently smooth; mesoscutum about as long as scutellum, with wide notauli not extending to anterior margin (Fig. 54). Propodeum long, smooth between submedian and lateral carinae; submedian carinae Yshaped (Fig. 54). Fore wing (Fig. 53) strongly reduced, lanceolate, 11.0× as long as wide; apical process of venation long; discal and marginal setae not modified; the longest marginal seta about 0.5× greatest fore wing width. Hind wing (Fig. 54) strongly reduced, with hardly any membrane present and just a few short marginal setae at apex. Petiole widened basally (Fig. 54). Genitalia length 190 µm.

FEMALE. Unknown.

Distribution. Chile: Juan Fernández Islands.

Notes

Published as part of Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2024, Review of Cremnomymar species (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in mainland South America, with a new generic synonymy, pp. 25-46 in Zootaxa 5463 (1) on pages 43-45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/11610052

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ogloblin
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Mymaridae
Genus
Cremnomymar
Species
kuscheli
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Ogloblin, A. (1952) Los insectos de las islas Juan Fernandez 12. Mymaridae (Hymenoptera). Revista Chilena de Entomologia, 2, 119 - 138.
  • Ogloblin, A. (1957) Los insectos de las islas Juan Fernandez 35. Mymaridae, Ceraphronidae, Diapriidae y Scelionidae (Hymenoptera). Revista Chilena de Entomologia, 5, 413 - 444.
  • De Santis, L. (1979) Catalogo de los himenopteros calcidoideos de America al sur de los Estados Unidos. Publicacion especial, Comision de Investigaciones Cientificas de la provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata, 488 pp.
  • Yoshimoto, C. M. (1990) A review of the genera of New World Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Flora & Fauna Handbook No. 7. Sandhill Crane Press, Inc., Gainesville, Florida, 176 pp. [pp. v - ix + 1 - 166]
  • Huber, J. T. (2013) Redescription of Mymarilla Westwood, new synonymies under Cremnomymar Ogloblin (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae) and discussion of unusual wings. ZooKeys, 345, 47 - 72. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 345.6209