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Lymaenon aureus

Description

Lymaenon aureus (Girault, 1911)

Gonatocerus aureus Girault, 1911 [96]: 263. Neotype ♀ (USNM), designated by Triapitsyn, 2013a: 48. TL: USA, Illinois, Urbana. Girault, 1929 [428]: 26 (key); Peck, 1951: 411 (catalogue); Burks, 1979: 1025 (catalogue); Huber, 1988: 31 (species group placement); Yoshimoto, 1990: 39 (list, species group placement); Huber & Beardsley, 2000: 58 (mention) [A]; Triapitsyn, 2013b: 217 (key); Zeya et al., 2014: 63 (distribution) [P]; Rameshkumar et al., 2015b: 51 (distribution) [O].

Gonatocerus (Lymaenon) aureus: Triapitsyn, 2013a: 51 (distribution); Haghayeghi-Nosrati et al., 2014b: 151 (key), 145 (distribution) [P]; Lotfalizadeh, 2015: 75 (distribution) [P].

Lymaenon aureus: Burks, 1958: 63 (generic transfer); Peck, 1963: 21 (catalogue); Huber, 2015a: 43 (list); Dale-Skey, 2016: 242 (checklist) [P]; Rauber et al., 2016: 134 (distribution, key) (NT]; Amer et al., 2017: 354, 357 (list, distribution) [O]; Rameshkumar et al., 2017: 230 (list) [O]; Triapitsyn, 2018a: 145 (distribution) [O].

Gonatocerus brunneus var. tenuipennis Girault, 1911 [96]: 263. Holotype (INHS), lost. TL: USA, Illinois, Centralia, Urbana. Synonymy (objective junior synonym) by Triapitsyn, 2013a: 47; Perkins, 1912: 24 (comparison with extralimital species).

Gonatocerus tenuipennis: Girault, 1929 [428]: 26 (revised status); Peck, 1951: 412 (catalogue); Burks, 1979: 1026 (catalogue); Huber, 1988: 31 (species group placement); Yoshimoto, 1990: 41 (list, species group placement).

Lymaenon tenuipennis: Burks, 1958: 63 (generic transfer); Peck, 1963: 26 (catalogue).

Gonatocerus aligarhensis Shamim & Shafee, 1984: 623. Holotype ♀ (ZDAMU). TL: India, Uttar Pradesh, Aligarh. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2013a: 48.

Lymaenon chrysis Debauche, 1948: 99. Holotype ♀ (ISNB). TL: Belgium, Heverlee. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2013a: 47.

Lymaenon flavus Soyka, 1950b: 127. Holotype ♀ (PPDD), lost. TL: Egypt, Giza. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2013a: 47.

Gonatocerus fukuokensis Sahad in Sahad & Hirashima, 1984: 20. Holotype ♀ (KUEC). TL: Japan, Fukuoka City, Hakozaki. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2013a: 48.

Gonatocerus gracilentus Hellén, 1974: 11. Holotype ♀ (FMNH). TL: Finland, Parikkala. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2013a: 48.

Lymaenon kanheriensis Mani & Saraswat in Mani et al., 1973: 87. Holotype ♀ (USNM). TL: India, Mumbai [Bombay], Borivali National Park, below Kanheri Caves. Synonymy by Zeya & Hayat, 1995: 114.

Lymaenon pahlgamensis Narayanan, 1960: 25. Holotype ♀ (INPC). TL: India, Kashmir [Valley]. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2013a: 47.

Nearctic host. Cicadellidae: Neoaliturus (Circulifer) tenellus (Baker), under quarantine laboratory conditions only (Triapitsyn 2013a).

Distribution. Canada: ON. USA: CA, GA, IL, MD, NC, NY, TX.

Notes

Published as part of Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2020, Illustrated key to genera and catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in America north of Mexico, pp. 1-411 in Zootaxa 4773 (3) on pages 216-217, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4773.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3821373

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Biodiversity

Collection code
USNM
Family
Mymaridae
Genus
Lymaenon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Girault
Species
aureus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Lymaenon aureus (Girault, 1911) sec. Huber, Read & Triapitsyn, 2020

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