Boudiennyia Girault

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2007, Paranaphoidea Girault 1913, Zootaxa 1596, pp. 1-111 : 27

Genus Boudiennyia Girault ( Figs. 54–59 )

Boudiennyia Girault, 1937 [448]: 2. Type species: Ooctonus saintpierrei Girault , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Boudiennyia belongs to the Ooctonus group of genera. It is the only Australian genus of the group and is distinguished from the superficially similar genus Gonatocerus , whose species also have an 8-segmented funicle and entire clava, as follows: propodeum with a distinct transverse carina (costula) joining the longitudinal submedian carinae ( Fig. 59 ); fore wing with venation more than half wing length and hypochaeta much closer to proximal macrochaeta than to distal macrochaeta ( Fig. 55 ); gaster distincly petiolate, the petiole at least 3x as long as wide. Fore leg as in Fig. 54 . Male flagellum 11-segmented ( Fig. 58 ) and genitalia as in Fig. 57 .

Body length. 717–1203 µm.

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Australia.

Important Reference. Huber (2002).

Australian species (1):

B. saintpierrei (Girault, 1913 [158]: 80) ( Ooctonus ); Girault, 1913 [165]: 107 (description); Girault, 1937 [448]: 2 (generic transfer); Dahms, 1986: 497 (types). TL: Qld, Kuranda.

Figures

FIGURES 54–59. Boudiennyia sp. Female (NSW, 16 km NE. Wiangaree, 600m, Sheepstation Creek, 13.vi– 24.viii.1982, S. & J. Peck) 54, fore leg; 55, fore- and hindwings; 56, antenna. Male (NSW, 14 km W. Urbenville, Tooloom Plateau, 28.29°S 152.24°E, 14.ii.1984, I.D. Naumann) 57, genitalia dorsal; 58, antenna; 59, metasoma dorsal.