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Borneomymar Huber 2002

Description

BORNEOMYMAR Huber, 2002

(Figs 58–63)

Borneomymar Huber, 2002: 45. Type species: Borneomymar discus Huber, 2002, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Female antenna with funicle 8-segmented (Fig. 60); fore wing venation extending 0.75× length of fore wing (Fig. 62), marginal vein almost as long as submarginal vein and about 2× as long as parastigma, with 1 distal macrochaeta; postmarginal vein present and longer than stigmal vein; ovipositor sheath short, not extending beyond posterior apex of gaster, and apically hooked (Fig. 61); ovipositor extremely long, projecting beyond apex of gaster by over 2× length of entire body (Fig. 59). Males are distinguished from those of Arescon and Chrysoctonus by the apical 4 flagellar segments about 2× as wide as the basal 4 (uniform width for all flagellar segments in the other two genera).

Discussion. Borneomymar belongs to the Borneomymar group of genera. In the Afrotropical region this group also includes Chrysoctonus. These two genera are the only ones besides Arescon with a fore wing venation at least 0.6× the wing length (in Chrysoctonus, only males have wings). Among these, Borneomymar females are distinguished from the other two genera by the exserted part of the ovipositor (but not the ovipositor sheaths, which are not exserted) about 2× as long as the entire body.

Afrotropical hosts. Unknown.

Important references. Huber (2002), Engel et al. (2013).

Notes

Published as part of Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2021, Illustrated key to the genera and catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in the Afrotropical region, pp. 1-166 in Zootaxa 5036 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5036.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5502952

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Huber
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Mymaridae
Genus
Borneomymar
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Borneomymar Huber, 2002 sec. Huber, Read & Triapitsyn, 2021

References

  • Huber, J. T. (2002) The basal lineages of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) and description of a new genus, Borneomymar. In: Melika, G. & Thuroczy, C. (Eds.), Parasitic wasps. Evolution, Systematics, Biodiversity and Biological Control. Agroinform, Kiado & Nyomba Kft, Budapest, pp. 117 - 123.
  • Engel, J. T., McKellar, R. C. & Huber, J. T. (2013) A fossil species of the primitive mymarid genus Borneomymar (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in Eocene Baltic amber. Novitates Paleoentomologicae, 5, 1 - 8. https: // doi. org / 10.17161 / np. v 0 i 5.4651