Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) walkerjonesi Triapitsyn, 2006

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., Huber, John T., Logarzo, Guillermo A., Berezovskiy, Vladimir V. & Aquino, Daniel A., 2010, Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Neotropical region, with description of eleven new species, Zootaxa 2456, pp. 1-243 : 231-232

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Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) walkerjonesi Triapitsyn, 2006 View in CoL

( Figs 499–504 View FIGURES 499 – 501 View FIGURES 502 – 504 )

Gonatocerus morrilli (Howard) View in CoL : Phillips et al. 2001: 95 (misidentification of specimens from Ventura Co., California, USA).

Gonatocerus View in CoL sp. near morrilli (Howard) View in CoL : de León et al. 2004: 1–5 (molecular data on specimens from California); de León 2004a: 318–320 (molecular distinction between geographic populations, as “ California G. morrilli View in CoL ”); de León 2004b: 322–324 (molecular distinction between geographic populations, as “ California G. morrilli View in CoL ”); de León 2005: 298–300 (molecular data, as “ G. morrilli View in CoL California ”); de León et al. 2005: 302–304 (molecular distinction between cryptic species); Hoddle & Stouthamer 2005: 338–340 (molecular and morphological distinction between similar species); de León et al. 2006: 282–291 (identified as a new species using molecular methods).

Gonatocerus walkerjonesi Triapitsyn 2006a: 15 View in CoL –18 (taxonomic history, description, diagnosis, distribution, host associations). Holotype female [ UCRC] (examined). Type locality: Fillmore , Ventura Co., California, USA.

Gonatocerus walkerjonesi Triapitsyn View in CoL : de León et al. 2006a: 42 (molecular data); de León et al. 2006d: 54 (molecular data); de León et al. 2006e: 56–58 (molecular data); de León & Morgan 2006: 60–62 (molecular data); de León et al. 2007: 74 (molecular data); de León & Morgan 2007: 81–84 (molecular identification); de León et al. 2008: 99, 104–105 (molecular data); Triapitsyn et al. 2008: 5, 22 (molecular data).

Material examined. See Triapitsyn (2006a).

Description. See Triapitsyn (2006a) for a detailed description and diagnosis.

Diagnosis. Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) walkerjonesi is a member of the morrilli subgroup of the ater species group. It is very similar to G. (Cosmocomoidea) morrilli (Howard) , from which it differs by the propodeum ( Fig. 500 View FIGURES 499 – 501 ) having the submedian carinae curved and more apart from each other. Male genitalia of these two species are also different. In G. walkerjonesi the apodeme of the genital sternite is notably longer than the aedeagal apodemes ( Fig. 504 View FIGURES 502 – 504 ). Gonatocerus walkerjonesi is even more similar morphologically, especially the propodeal submedian carinae, and apparently more closely related genetically to the South American species G. (Cosmocomoidea) annulicornis (Ogloblin) (de León et al. 2005). This latter species lacks the dark cloud on the forewing in both sexes ( Figs 185 View FIGURES 185 – 187 , 191 View FIGURES 188 – 191 , 194 View FIGURES 192 – 194 ) and males have a relatively shorter antenna ( Fig. 192 View FIGURES 192 – 194 ) and are generally lighter colored (particularly the mesosomal dorsum) than males of G. walkerjonesi . Also illustrated here are the antenna ( Fig. 499 View FIGURES 499 – 501 ) and forewing ( Fig. 501 View FIGURES 499 – 501 ) of the female, as well as the antenna ( Fig. 502 View FIGURES 502 – 504 ) and the forewing ( Fig. 503 View FIGURES 502 – 504 ) of the male.