Acmopolynema Ogloblin, 1946

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2007, Paranaphoidea Girault 1913, Zootaxa 1596, pp. 1-111 : 19-20

Genus Acmopolynema Ogloblin ( Figs. 1–6 )

Acmopolynema Ogloblin, 1946: 286 . Type species: Stichothrix bifasciatipennis Girault , by original designation.

Grangeriella Soyka, 1956: 17 . Type species: Grangeriella indochinensis Soyka by original designation. Synonymy by Hayat & Anis (1999: 297).

Neonarayanella Husain & Farooqi, 1996: 83 . Type species: Maidliella orientalis Narayanan, Subba Rao & Kaur , by original designation. Synonymy by Hayat & Anis (1999: 297).

Baburia Hedqvist 2004: 235 . Type species: Baburia narendrani Hedqvist , by original designation. Synonymy by Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy (2007: 6).

Diagnosis. Acmopolynema belongs to the Polynema group of genera. It is distinguished from other genera in the group as follows: propodeum medially with a V-shaped carina ( Fig. 3 ); fore wing ( Fig. 1 ) with discal microtrichia often thickened at their base or sometimes otherwise modified (see Schauff 1981), though this does not appear to be evident in Australian species; face ( Fig. 5 ) without pits between toruli; and petiole attached to gastral sternum. Female antenna as in Fig. 5 . Fore leg as in Fig. 2 . Male genitalia as in Fig. 4 .

Acmopolynema is most likely to be confused with Himopolynema , which also has two submedian carinae joined posteroventrally, but in Himopolynema the shape of the carinae is different, the thoracic setae are blunt apically ( Taguchi 1977) the face has a pit next to each torulus, and the petiole is attached to the gastral tergum.

Body length. 1090–1450 µm.

Distribution. Worldwide, except western Palaearctic.

Hosts. Unknown for Australian species. Elsewhere reported from Gryllidae , Cercopidae , and Cicadellidae .

Important references. Schauff (1981) – Nearctic species; Fidalgo (1989) – Neotropical species; Yoshimoto (1990) – species groups; Hayat & Anis (1999) – Indian species; Berezovskiy & Triapitsyn (2001) – Russian Far East species.

Australian species (3):

A. capeyorki S. Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy, 2007: 15 . TL: Qld, 25 km E by N Heathlands.

A. indochinense ( Soyka 1956: 18) (Grangeriella) ; Hayat & Anis 1999: 298 (generic transfer). TL: Vietnam,

Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City).

A. sp. (undescribed but illustrated in Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy, 2007: 37).

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Acmopolynema capeyorki S. Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy. Male (Qld, Iron Range, Cape York Pen., 26– 31.v.1971, S.R. Monteith) 1, fore- and hind wings; 2, fore leg; 3, mesosoma dorsal; 4, genitalia dorsal. Female (Qld, 14 km W. by N. Hope Vale, 15.16°S 144.59°E, 7–10.v.1981, I.D. Naumann) 5, head anterior; 6, antenna.