Gonatocerus (Gonatocerus)

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2013, Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Palaearctic region, with notes on extralimital distributions, Zootaxa 3644 (1), pp. 1-178 : 9

Key to females of Palaearctic species of Gonatocerus (Gonatocerus)

1 Mps only on F8 or F7 and F8............................................................................ 2

– Mps normally also on funicle segments other than F7 and F8 on at least one antenna................................ 3

2(1) Fore wing with discal setae originating behind about middle of submarginal vein ( Figs 20 , 24 )............................................................................................... G. (Gonatocerus) fuscicornis (Walker)

– Fore wing with discal setae originating behind base of marginal vein ( Fig. 4 )......... G. (Gonatocerus) aegyptiacus Soyka

3(1) F5 and F6 each with 2 mps.............................................................................. 4

– F5 with 0 or 1 mps and F6 with 0–2 mps................................................................... 5

4(3) F4 with at most 1 mps; ovipositor at least 1.9× as long as mesotibia....... G. (Gonatocerus) longicornis Nees ab Esenbeck

– F4 with 2 mps; ovipositor at most 1.4× as long as mesotibia.......................... G. (Gonatocerus) bukashka sp. n.

5(3) F5 without mps............................................................. G. (Gonatocerus) pictus (Haliday)

– F5 with 1 mps at least on one antenna..................................................................... 6

6(5) Clava at least 3.6× as long as wide; funicle segments relatively longer ( Fig. 28 ), funicle length at least 2.4× clava length; fore wing with discal setae relatively shorter and much more numerous ( Fig. 30 )............. G. (Gonatocerus) koziavka sp. n.

– Clava at most 3.2× as long as wide; funicle segments relatively shorter ( Fig. 12 ), funicle length at most 2.1× clava length; fore wing with discal setae relatively longer and less numerous ( Fig. 15 ).................. G. (Gonatocerus) cincticipitis Sahad

Figures

FIGURES 19, 20. Gonatocerus (Gonatocerus) fuscicornis Ƥ (paralectotype of Rachistus sulphuripes Foerster): 19, antenna; 20, fore wing.

FIGURES 21 – 24. Gonatocerus (Gonatocerus) fuscicornis Ƥ (Richmond Park, England): 21, antenna; 22, dorsellum and propodeum; 23, mesosoma and metasoma; 24, fore wing.

FIGURES 1 – 4. Gonatocerus (Gonatocerus) aegyptiacus Ƥ (1 — Sainte Colombe, Gironde, France; 2, 3 — Richmond Park, England; 4 — Matsue, Shimane, Japan): 1, antenna; 2, propodeum; 3, body; 4, fore wing.

FIGURES 28 – 31. Gonatocerus (Gonatocerus) koziavka Ƥ (holotype): 28, antenna; 29, mesosoma and metasoma; 30, fore wing; 31, hind wing.

FIGURES 12 – 15. Gonatocerus (Gonatocerus) cincticipitis Ƥ (Teradomari, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan): 12, antenna; 13, dorsellum and propodeum; 14, mesosoma and metasoma; 15, fore wing.