Kikiki Huber & Beardsley, 2000

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2007, Paranaphoidea Girault 1913, Zootaxa 1596, pp. 1-111 : 37-38

Genus Kikiki Huber & Beardsley ( Figs. 153–157 )

Kikiki Huber & Beardsley, 2000: 66 . Type species: Kikiki huna Huber , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Kikiki is tentatively assigned to the Alaptus group of genera, mainly on the basis of its minute size, narrow wings, and reduced number of flagellomeres in both sexes. It is distinguished from other genera in the group as follows: funicle 4-segmented; clava 2-segmented; back of head with semicircular sulcus separating lower from upper occiput; mandible with 4 teeth; fore wing venation about 0.7x fore wing length ( Fig. 153 ); tarsi 3-segmented ( Figs. 155, 156 ). Male flagellum 9-segmented ( Fig. 154 ) and genitalia as in Fig. 157 .

Kikiki is unique among extant Mymaridae in having 3-segmented tarsi. Only one specimen, a male, has been collected in Australia. Whether it is the same as the Hawaiian species cannot be determined until females

are collected from the same locality as the male.

Body length. 305 µm (slide-mounted specimen).

Distribution. Australia and Hawaii.

Hosts. Unknown.

Important reference. Huber & Beardsley (2000).

Australian species (1):

Kikiki sp.

Figures

FIGURES 153–157. Kikiki sp. Male (WA, ca. 3 km W. Walpole, 34°59.01’S 116º40.76’E, 20–21.xi.2002, J. George, D. Hawks, J. Munro, A. Owen) 153, fore-and hind wings; 154, antenna; 155, fore leg; 156, protarsus; 157, genitalia lateral.