Gonatocerus dakhlae Soyka, 1950

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2013, Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Palaearctic region, with notes on extralimital distributions, Zootaxa 3644 (1), pp. 1-178 : 169

Gonatocerus dakhlae Soyka, 1950

Gonatocerus dakhlae Soyka 1950: 126–127 .

Holotype female [lost from PPDD] (not examined). Type locality: Gedida, Dakhla Oasis, New Valley Governorate, Egypt.

Gonatocerus dakhlae Soyka : Huber et al. 2009: 271 (list).

Comments. This species was described from a single female, collected 21.iii.1932 on an orange blossom by H. Priesner ( Soyka 1950). From the description it is impossible to figure out even to which subgenus this species may belong. However, knowing Soyka’s habit to unnecessary oversplit the most common species of Mymaridae , G. dakhlae could be conspecific with G. litoralis , mainly because of the distribution of mps on the funicle segments (on F5, F7, and F8), body color, and other details in the original description. Unless the missing holotype of this species is found its true identity cannot be determined. If someone collects a matching female in the type locality from the same plant species and approximately the same time the species might be recognized and, if necessary and appropriate, a neotype designated.