Stephanodes Enock, 1909

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2007, Paranaphoidea Girault 1913, Zootaxa 1596, pp. 1-111 : 49

Genus Stephanodes Enock ( Figs. 247–253 )

Stephanodes Enock, 1909: 457 . Type species: Stephanodes elegans Enock , by monotypy.

Eustephanodes Ogloblin, 1967: 194 . Type species: Eustephanodes missionicus Ogloblin , by original designation. Synonymy by Yoshimoto (1990: 72).

Masonana Yoshimoto, 1990: 63 . Type species: Masonana polynemoides Yoshimoto , original designation. Synonymy by Huber & Fidalgo (1997: 34).

Diagnosis. Stephanodes belongs to the Polynema group of genera. It is distinguished from other genera in the group as follows: scape with inner surface rasplike, with imbricated sculpture ( Fig. 247, 252 ); vertex with large, shallow depressions outside each ocellus ( Fig. 252 ); mesosoma smooth, shiny, somewhat higher than wide, and in lateral view fairly convex dorsally ( Fig. 253 ); prothoracic spiracle advanced forward of posterolateral margin of pronotum and flush with surface ( Fig. 253 ). Fore leg as in Fig. 249 . Male flagellum 11-segmented ( Fig. 250 ) and genitalia as in Fig. 251 .

Body length. 819–1050 µm.

Distribution. Worldwide.

Hosts. Unknown for Australian species. Elsewhere reported from Nabidae .

Important references. Huber & Fidalgo (1997), Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy (2002a).

Australian species (1):

S. reduvioli ( Perkins, 1905: 196) ; Girault, 1913 [135]: 12 (descriptive note, Australian record); New, 1976: 1 (mention); Huber & Fidalgo, 1997: 37 (key), 41 (redescription, extralimital synonym); Beardsley & Huber, 2000: 17 (distribution); Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy 2002a: 7 (distribution, notes). TL: Hawaiian Is. no locality specified.

Figures

FIGURES 247–253. Stephanodes sp. Female (ACT, Piccadilly Circus, 35.22°S 148.48°E, 1240m, i. 1984, J. Lawrence, T. Wier, M.-L. Johnson) 247, antenna. Male (same data as above) 248, fore- and hind wings; 249, fore leg; 250, antenna; 251, genitalia; 252, head anterior; 253, mesosoma lateral.