A review of the Nearctic species of Erythmelus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), with a key and new additions to the New World fauna Triapitsyn, Serguei V. Berezovskiy, Vladimir V. Hoddle, Mark S. Morse, Joseph G. Zootaxa 2007 2007-11-19 1641 1 1 64 S. Triapitsyn S. Triapitsyn 2007 [151,736,1865,1891] Insecta Mymaridae Erythmelus Animalia Hymenoptera 24 25 Arthropoda species toreador sp. nov. Erythmelus  ( Figs 28–33)   Type material.  Holotypefemale on slide [ MLPA]: ARGENTINA. CÓRDOBA, Los Reartes, ex.   Leptobyrsa sp. on  Eupatoriumsp.(Original labels: 1. “  Erythmelus leptobyrsaeA. O. [this is A.A. Ogloblin’s manuscript name] female male [symbols] Typus [several illegible words in pencil] Valle “Los Reartes” Cord.  Leptobyrsa Eupatorium buniefolium[sic]”, 2. “3906”). Paratypes:  ARGENTINA. CÓRDOBA, Los Reartes:  1 maleon slide [ MLPA], mounted under the same coverslip with holotype(same data);  1 femaleon slide [ MLPA], labeled: “Los Reartes  Eupatorium“. SANTA FE, Tortugas,  15.vi.1940, A.A. Ogloblin, ex. eggs of  Corythaica cucullata(Berg) on  Althaeasp.[ 16 females, 6 maleson 19 slides, MLPA], with the following original labels:  2 females: 1. “  Erythmelus corythaicaeA. O. [this is A.A. Ogloblin’s manuscript name] females [symbols] Las Tortugas, S. Fe  15. VI.1940. A. O. Huevos de Coryth. cucullata Berg Holotypusfemale [symbol]”, 2. “3907”, 3. [in pencil] “  Althaea15.vi.  Erythmelus corythaicae n. sp. Holotypo Espolon Paratipo S. Fe”;  12 females: “  Erythmelus corythaicaeA. O. female [symbol] Las Tortugas, S. Fe  15. VI.1940. A. O. Huevos de Coryth. cucullata Berg”;  1 male: “  Erythmelus corythaicaemale [symbol] S. Fe, Las Tortugas, Coryth.  cucullataBerg”;  1 female, 1 male: “  Erythmelus drakeiA. Ogloblin[this is A.A. Ogloblin’s manuscript name] female male [symbols] S. Fe Las Tortugas,  15. VI.1940[several illegible words in pencil]”;  1 male: “  Erythmelus drakeiA. Ogl.male [symbol] S. Fe Las Tortugas,  15. VI.1940[several illegible words in pencil]”;  1 male: 1. “  Erythmelus corythaicae[crossed out]  drakeiA. O. male [symbol] Las Tortugas, S. Fe   VI.1940 Loshuevos de Coryth.  cucullataB. Allotypus”, 2. “3908”;  1 male: 1. “  Erythmelus drakeimale [symbol] Las Tortugas S. Fé, Paratypus”, 2. “3908”;  1 male: 1. “  Erythmelus corythaicae[crossed out]  drakeiA. O. male [symbol] Las Tortugas, S. F.  VI.1940 Huevos de Coryth. cucullata Berg. Paratypus Fig.[in Russian] Ant.”, 2. “3908”, 3. [in pencil] “male [symbol] fig. [in Russian] Ant.  corythaicaeS. Fé 1940”;  1 female: “Las Tortugas female [symbol]”. Localityunknown, labelled: “  Erythmelus drakeifemale [symbol]” [ 1 femaleon slide, MLPA].   Description.FEMALE ( holotypeand paratypes). Body length 461–535 µm. Body mostly brown to dark brown except base of gaster yellow, dorsellum and borders of axilla and scutellum light brown; midlobe of mesoscutum with a lighter (light brown) transverse submedian stripe. Appendages light brown to brown.   FIGURES 30, 31.  Erythmelus (E.) toreador(female, paratype, Tortugas, Santa Fe, Argentina). 30. Antenna. 31. Forewing. Antenna ( Figs 28, 30) with short setae. Scape 5.2–5.4 x as long as wide; pedicel much longer than F1; F1– F3 and F5 each about as long as wide or slightly longer than wide (their length may vary even in the same specimen; F2 and F3 of one antenna partially fused in one of the paratypes), F4 and F6 usually subequal in length (when at least 1 longitudinal sensillum is present on F4) or otherwise F6 longer than F4, each much longer than wide and much longer than other funicular segments; F1–F3 subequal in length and each a little shorter than F5; F1–F3 and F5 without longitudinal sensilla, F4 without ( Fig. 30) or with 1 or 2 ( Fig. 28) longitudinal sensilla (in different combinations even on the two antennae in the same specimen, as follows: 0 and 0, 0 and 1, 1 and 1, 2 and 2), F6 with 2 longitudinal sensilla; clava about 4.0 x as long as wide, with 5 longitudinal sensilla. Mesosoma ( Fig. 29). Mesoscutum wider than long, its midlobe with 1 pair of strong setae. Scutellum about as long as mesoscutum. Wings. Forewing ( Fig. 31) 4.8–5.9 x as long as wide; blade slightly infumate behind venation but otherwise hyaline, with unevenly distributed setae only in the distal half; longest marginal cilia 2.0–2.9 x greatest width of wing. Hind wing 15–17 x as long as wide, a little shorter than forewing; blade slightly infumate distally; longest marginal cilia 4.8–4.9 x greatest wing width. Metasoma ( Fig. 29). Gaster a little longer than mesosoma; ovipositor 7/10–4/5 length of gaster, barely exserted beyond apical gastral tergum and not exserted beyond apex of hypopygium, and 1.2–1.4 x length of metatibia. Measurements of holotype(in µm). Body 535; head 92; mesosoma 203; gaster 240; ovipositor 142. Antenna: scape (including radicle) 79; pedicel 39; F1 12; F2 15; F3 15 (18); F4 39; F5 20; F6 44; clava 94. Forewing 430:88; longest marginal cilia 182. Hind wing 415:27; longest marginal cilia 130. MALE ( paratypes). Body length 375–541 µm. Similar to female except for the normal sexually dimorphic features such as antenna, genitalia ( Fig. 33), and the following. Flagellum 11–segmented, all flagellomeres shorter than scape. Forewing ( Fig. 32) 4.4–4.8 x as long as wide; longest marginal cilia 1.9–2.6 x greatest forewing width. Gaster shorter than mesosoma.   Etymology.The specific name is a noun in apposition, which roughly translates from Spanish as “bull handler”.   Diagnosis.Member of the  flavovariusspecies group.  Erythmelus (E.) toreadordiffers from  E. (E.) rosascostai, which has a similarly narrow forewing but lacks longitudinal sensilla on F4 of the female antenna, also by the different chaetotaxy on the forewing. The forewing blade of  E. (E.) toreadoris unevenly setose in the distal half ( Figs 31, 32) whereas that of  E. (E.) rosascostaiis more or less uniformly setose in the distal half ( Fig. 20). The longest marginal cilia of the female forewing are 2.0–2.9 x greatest forewing width in  E. (E.) toreadorwhereas they are about 1.8 x greatest forewing width in  E. (E.) rosascostai.   Hosts.  Corythaica cucullata(Berg)and  Leptobyrsasp. (Tingidae). [341,1436,1980,2006] MLPA Argentina Los Reartes Leptobyrsa 24 25 1 holotype [807,1302,232,258] Argentina Los Reartes 25 26 1 CORDOBA MLPA Argentina Los Reartes 25 26 1 1 CORDOBA holotype 1940-06-15 MLPA A. A. Ogloblin Argentina SANTA FE 25 26 23 17 6 Santa Fe holotype 1940-06-15 VI Holotypo Espolon Paratipo S. Fe Argentina Huevos de Coryth. 25 26 2 2 Santa Fe holotype 1940-06-15 VI A. O. Huevos de Coryth. Argentina 25 26 12 12 Santa Fe holotype Argentina 25 26 1 1 Santa Fe holotype 1940-06-15 VI Argentina 25 26 2 1 1 Santa Fe holotype 1940-06-15 VI Argentina 25 26 1 1 Santa Fe holotype 1940-06 VI Argentina Los 25 26 1 1 Santa Fe allotype Argentina 25 26 1 1 Santa Fe paratype 1940-06 Argentina Huevos de Coryth. Russian Fig. 25 26 1 1 Santa Fe paratype MLPA Argentina Locality 25 26 2 2 Santa Fe paratype