Pseudanaphes Noyes & Valentine, 1989

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2007, Paranaphoidea Girault 1913, Zootaxa 1596, pp. 1-111 : 47

Genus Pseudanaphes Noyes & Valentine ( Figs. 225–229)

Pseudanaphes Noyes & Valentine, 1989: 47 . Type species: Pseudanaphes hirtus Noyes & Valentine , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Pseudanapahes belongs to the Anaphes group of genera. It is probably better placed here than in Australomymar group, as classified in Noyes and Valentine (1989). Pseudanaphes is distinguished from the other genera in the group as follows: antennal clava large, 3-segmented ( Fig. 226); fore wing apex evenly rounded, with venation extending at least 0.4 x wing length and membrane fairly uniformly covered in microtrichia ( Fig. 225). Fore leg as in Fig. 227. Male antenna 11-segmented ( Fig. 228) and genitalia as in Fig. 229. Superficially, Pseudanaphes strongly resembles several species of Anaphes but can be separated by the marginal vein longer (shorter in Anaphes ), fore wing apex evenly rounded (asymmetrical in Anaphes ), ovipositor relatively short (at least as long as gaster in many Anaphes ), and propodeum without a longitudinal median groove (groove present in Anaphes ).

Body length. 640–1127 µm.

Distribution. Australian, Oriental, and eastern Palaearctic regions.

Hosts. Unknown.

Important references. Noyes & Valentine (1989).

Australian species (2):

P. lincolni (Girault, 1913 [165]: 116); Viggiani, 1973: 259 (mention); Doutt, 1973: 216 (redescription), 220 (key); Dahms, 1984: 756 (types). TL: Qld, Nelson [Gordonvale]. Comb. nov. from Polynemoidea .

P. particoxae ( Girault, 1938 [452]: 390); Viggiani, 1973: 262 (generic placement); Doutt, 1973: 217 (redescription), 220 (key); Dahms, 1986: 383 (types). TL: Qld, Gatton. Comb. nov. from Polynemoidea .