Mymar Curtis

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2007, Paranaphoidea Girault 1913, Zootaxa 1596, pp. 1-111 : 38-39

Genus Mymar Curtis ( Figs. 165–169)

Mymar Curtis, 1829: 112 . Type species: Mymar pulchellus Curtis , designated by the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature ( ICZN, 1965: 82).

Pterolinononyktera Maláč, 1943: 51 . Type species: Pterolinononyktera obenbergeri Maláč , by original designation. Synonymy by Annecke & Doutt (1961: 26).

Diagnosis. Mymar belongs to the Polynema group of genera. It is distinguished from other genera in the group as follows: scape longer than width of head and constricted medially ( Fig. 166); fore wing oar-shaped, with a long, very slender petiole consisting of submarginal vein only, and expanded, membranous apex dark brown in apical half beyond venation ( Fig. 165); hindwing filamentous, without membrane ( Fig. 165). Fore leg as in Fig. 168. Male flagellum 11-segmented ( Fig. 167) and genitalia as in Fig. 169.

Body length. 589–1024 µm.

Distribution. Worldwide.

Hosts. Unknown for Australian species. Elsewhere reported from Delphacidae and Cicadellidae .

Important reference. Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy (2001).

Australian species (2):

M. schwanni Girault, 1912 [120]: 166; Blackbourn, 1935: 215 (photograph); New, 1973: 119 (redescription); Dahms, 1986: 508 (types); Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy, 2001: 6 (key), 7 (extralimital references). TL: Qld, Brisbane.

M. taprobanicum Ward, 1875: 197 ; Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy, 2001: 6 (key), 11 (extralimital references). TL: Sri Lanka [ Ceylon],?Colombo.

= M. tyndalli Girault, 1912 [120]: 168; New, 1973: 122 (redescription); Girault, 1913 [155]: 256 (descriptive note); Girault, 1913 [165]: male description); Dahms, 1986: 606 (types); Annecke, 1961a: 547 (synonymy). TL: Qld, Nelson [Gordonvale].