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Cosmocomoidea kikimora

Description

Cosmocomoidea kikimora (Triapitsyn, 2013)

(Figs 5–8)

Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) kikimora Triapitsyn 2013a: 118 (key), 141–143. Type locality: Gornotayozhnoye, Ussuriyskiy rayon, Primorskiy kray, Russia.

Cosmocomoidea kikimora (Triapitsyn): Huber 2015: 20 (list).

Material examined. CHINA: HUBEI, Yingshan: Tao Hua Chong National Forest Park, 24.vi.2014, Q. Li (Li Qin) [4 ♀, ICXU]. Wujiashan National Forest Park, 30.vi.2014, Q. Li [3 ♀, ICXU]. ZHEJIANG, Tianmu Mt., 6.vi.1964, T. Chen (Chen Tailu) [3 ♀, FAFU].

Redescription. FEMALE. Body length 950–1375 µm. General color brown to dark brown; head and mesosoma dark brown; scape, pedicel, and gaster brown; legs light to dark brown.

Antenna (Fig. 5) with radicle 0.1–0.2× total length of scape, rest of scape 2.6–3.8× as long as wide; pedicel much longer than F1; F2 shorter than the following funicle segments, F3–F7 more or less subequal in length and a little longer than F8; mps on F2 (1), F3 (usually 2, occasionally 1 on one antenna), F4–F8 (2 on each); clava with 8 mps, 3.6–4.7× as long as wide.

Mesosoma slightly longer than metasoma. Propodeum (Fig. 6) with submedian carinae complete or almost complete, slightly curving anteriorly. Fore wing (Fig. 7) 2.65 3.1× as long as wide, longest marginal seta 0.1–0.2× maximum wing width, disc with a brownish tinge throughout, bare behind venation except for at least 8 setae behind stigmal vein. Hind wing about 16.5× as long as wide; disc almost hyaline, with a row of setae along each margin and additional setae at the base and apex; the longest marginal seta about 2.0× maximum wing width.

Ovipositor (Fig. 8) occupying 0.6–0.9× length of gaster, not or slightly exserted beyond its apex, 0.9–1.2× as long as mesotibia.

MALE. Unknown.

Distribution. Palearctic: China (new record) and Russia (Far East) (Triapitsyn 2013a).

Hosts. Unknown.

Notes

Published as part of Aishan, Zhulidezi, Triapitsyn, Serguei V., Xu, Mei, Lin, Nai-Quan & Hu, Hong-Ying, 2016, Review of Cosmocomoidea (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from China, with descriptions of two new species, pp. 525-535 in Zootaxa 4085 (4) on pages 528-529, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1052759

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
FAFU , ICXU
Event date
1964-06-06 , 2014-06-24 , 2014-06-30
Verbatim event date
1964-06-06 , 2014-06-24 , 2014-06-30
Scientific name authorship
Triapitsyn
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Mymaridae
Genus
Cosmocomoidea
Species
kikimora
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cosmocomoidea kikimora (Triapitsyn, 2013) sec. Aishan, Triapitsyn, Xu, Lin & Hu, 2016

References

  • Triapitsyn, S. V. (2013 a) Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Palaearctic region, with notes on extralimital distributions. Zootaxa, 3644 (1), 1 - 178. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3644.1.1
  • Huber, J. T. (2015) World reclassification of the Gonatocerus group of genera (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). Zootaxa, 3967 (1), 1 - 184. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3967.1.1