Alaptus minutus Dozier, 1932

Serguei V. Triapitsyn, 2017, Revision of Alaptus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Holarctic region, with taxonomic notes on some extralimital species, Zootaxa 4279 (1), pp. 1-92 : 84-85

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Alaptus minutus Dozier, 1932 View in CoL

( Figs 185–189 View FIGURES 185 – 189 )

Alaptus minutus Dozier 1932: 89 View in CoL –90. Type locality: Port-au-Prince , Haiti.

Alaptus minutus Dozier View in CoL : De Santis 1979: 362 (catalog); Yoshimoto 1990: 23 (list).

Type material examined. Holotype male [USNM] on slide ( Fig. 187 View FIGURES 185 – 189 ) labeled: 1. “ Alaptus minutus Dozier ♂ Reared from lime foliage infested with Parlatoria zizyphus etc. Port-au-Prince, Haiti. June 18, 1931 H. L. Dozier”; 2. [red] “ Alaptus minutus Dozier ♂ Type No. 69494 U.S.N.M.”; 3. [barcode] “USNMENT 01049024”. The holotype ( Fig. 185 View FIGURES 185 – 189 ) is uncleared, complete, mounted dorsoventrally.

Distribution. Neotropical:? Argentina * and Haiti.

Hosts. Unknown.

Comments. The body length of the holotype ( Fig. 185 View FIGURES 185 – 189 ) is 291 µm, not 215 µm as it was incorrectly indicated by Dozier (1932). Its other important features are as follows: antenna ( Fig. 188 View FIGURES 185 – 189 ) with F1 much shorter than pedicel and a little shorter than the following flagellomeres; midlobe of mesoscutum faintly transversely striate, without adnotaular setae; axillar seta ( Fig. 186 View FIGURES 185 – 189 ) extremely long (90 µm), extending beyond posterior margin of propodeum; fore wing ( Figs 185, 189 View FIGURES 185 – 189 ) 9.6× as long as wide, disc with a median row of 7 setae on one wing and 10 setae on the other wing, longest marginal seta 4.6× maximum wing width, the macrochaeta on the marginal vein very long (90 µm). This Neotropical species is without any doubt a good taxon but a conspecific female from Haiti is needed to provide its proper diagnosis. However, I have identified the following two rather poorly slide-mounted females as very likely to be A. minutus : ARGENTINA: MISIONES : Loreto, 14.ii. 1 949, [A.A. Ogloblin] [1 ♀, MLPA] . San Ignacio, Chacra Yabebirí, 3.iv.1931, A.A. Ogloblin [1 ♀, MLPA]. They are characterized by the following morphological features: body length 240 µm and 270 µm; antenna shorter than body, with rather short funicle segments (all at least a little longer than wide, F1 the shortest and F2 shorter than following funicle segments), mesosoma notably lighter than head and gaster; fore wing about 10× as long as wide, disc with a median row of about 11 setae, and macrochaeta on marginal vein very long.

References

De Santis, L. (1979) Catalogo de los himenopteros calcidoideos de America al sur de los Estados Unidos. Publicacion especial, Comision de Investigaciones Cientificas de la provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata, 488 pp.

Dozier, H. L. (1932) Descriptions of new mymarid egg parasites from Haiti and Puerto Rico. The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico, 16 (2), 81 - 91.

Yoshimoto, C. M. (1990) A review of the genera of New World Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Flora & Fauna Handbook No. 7. Sandhill Crane Press, Inc., Gainesville, Florida, v - ix + 166 pp.