Boccacciomymar (Boccacciomymar) evanescens ( Waterhouse 1915 ) TRIAPITSYN, SERGUEI V. & BEREZOVSKIY, VLADIMIR V., 2007

TRIAPITSYN, SERGUEI V. & BEREZOVSKIY, VLADIMIR V., 2007, Review of the Oriental and Australasian species of Acmopolynema, with taxonomic notes on Palaeoneura and Xenopolynema stat. rev. and description of a new genus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), Zootaxa 1455 (1), pp. 1-68 : 49-51

Boccacciomymar (Boccacciomymar) evanescens ( Waterhouse 1915) , comb. n.

( Figs 91–94 )

Palaeoneura evanescens Waterhouse 1915: 539 , Pl. XCII ( Fig. 3 ). Type locality: Mount Wellington (2300 ft.), Tasmania, Australia (2 syntype females [BMNH]).

Type material examined

Syntype female (on card, BMNH), labeled: 1. " Type "; 2. "Mt. Wellington, S. Tasmania, 2–6 Apl. 1913." 3. " 2300 ft., R. E. Turner. 1913-212."; 4. " Palaeoneura evanescens (Type) Waterh."; 5. "B.M. TYPE HYM 5.1543". The left pair of wings is mounted separately on a slide, labeled: 1. " Palaeoneura evanescens female 5.1543 [ BMNH type number, in red ink] Waterh. Wings of type Mt. Wellington, 2300 ft., S. Tasmania, 6/4/13, R. E. Turner "; 2. "Type"; 3. "Turner Coll. 1913-212.". The syntype is in very good condition, mounted dorsoventrally .

Additional material examined

AUSTRALIA: Australian Capital Territory, Blundells Creek, 3 km E of Piccadilly Circus, 35°22'S, 148°50'E, 850 m, Lawrence, Johnson , Weir : I.1984 [1 female, ANIC]; III.1985 [1 female, ANIC] . Queensland: Brisbane Forest Park, 27°25'04''S, 152°49'48''E, 28.XI.1998, N. Power [1 female, CNCI]. Lamington National Park , Bina Burra rainforest, 28°11.89'S, 153°11.26'E, 11.XII.2002, J. George, J. Munro, A. Owen [1 female, UCRC] .

Redescription

FEMALE. Body and appendages mostly dark brown but pedicel, F1 and most of legs (except distal tarsomeres) brown; scape subequal in length to F1, F5, and F6 and much longer than pedicel, funicle segments cylindrical ( Fig. 91 ), F2 and F3 subequal and the longest, F4 a little shorter than F3 and a little longer than F5; F2 with 1 longitudinal sensillum, F3–F6 each with 2 longitudinal sensilla, clava almost as long as combined length of F5 and F6, with 8 longitudinal sensilla; scutellum without frenal foveae but frenal line evident; forewing ( Fig. 92 ) 2.7–2.8 x as long as wide, with 2 or 3 rows of setae behind marginal vein; longest marginal cilia at most 1/5 forewing width; propodeum with submedial carinae about 1/2 of its length ( Fig. 93 ); petiole 1.3–1.5 x as long as wide, dorsally without setae; ovipositor about 9/10 length of gaster ( Fig. 94 ), slightly exserted beyond apex of gaster (by about 1/12 of its own length); ovipositor length: metatibia length 1.2– 1.3:1.

MALE. Unknown. However, a single male specimen of Boccacciomymar (Boccacciomymar) in CNCI ( Australia, South Australia, Adelaide, 4–13.II.1990, R. Wharton) most likely belongs to this species, as it lacks the frenal foveae on the scutellum and geographically falls closer to the known range of B. (B.) evanescens than to that of the next species described below (it has a similar forewing to both species).

Distribution Australia.

Figures

FIGURES 91–94. Boccacciomymar (Boccacciomymar) evanescens (female, Australia). 91. Antenna. 92. Forewing. 93. Propodeum and petiole (anterior part). 94. Propodeum and metasoma (lateral view).

FIGURES 1–3. Acmopolynema tachikawai (female, India). 1. Antenna. 2. Propodeum. 3. Forewing.