Cremnomymar kuscheli (Ogloblin)

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2024, Review of Cremnomymar species (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in mainland South America, with a new generic synonymy, Zootaxa 5463 (1), pp. 25-46 : 43-45

Cremnomymar kuscheli (Ogloblin)

( Figs 51–54 )

Scolopsopteron kuscheli Ogloblin 1952: 128–132 . Type locality: Alto Inglés, at about 600 m, Robinson Crusoe Island [as Masatierra Island], Juan Fernández Islands, Valparaíso, Chile. Holotype male [MEUC], not examined. Subsequent references: Ogloblin 1957: 442 (key); De Santis 1979: 373 (catalog); Yoshimoto 1990: 65 (list).

Cremnomymar kuscheli (Ogloblin) : Huber 2013: 58 (generic transfer).

Type material examined. Paratype male [ MLPA], on slide labeled as in Fig. 51 : CHILE. Valparaíso: Juan Fernández Islands, Robinson Crusoe Island, Alto Inglés, 600 m, 6.ii.1952, G. Kuschel, on Chusquea fernandeziana ( Poaceae ).

Diagnosis. This seems to be a rather distinctive species in having the uniquely Y-shaped submedian carinae on the propodeum but because it is based only on strongly brachypterous males, a conspecific female is needed to reveal its true identity.

Redescription. MALE (paratype). Body length 1270 µm. Antenna ( Fig. 52 ) with scape 4.7× as long as wide. Pronotum with reticulate sculpture, longer than mesoscutum or scutellum ( Fig. 54 ). Mesoscutum with reticulate sculpture, scutellum apparently smooth; mesoscutum about as long as scutellum, with wide notauli not extending to anterior margin ( Fig. 54 ). Propodeum long, smooth between submedian and lateral carinae; submedian carinae Yshaped ( Fig. 54 ). Fore wing ( Fig. 53 ) strongly reduced, lanceolate, 11.0× as long as wide; apical process of venation long; discal and marginal setae not modified; the longest marginal seta about 0.5× greatest fore wing width. Hind wing ( Fig. 54 ) strongly reduced, with hardly any membrane present and just a few short marginal setae at apex. Petiole widened basally ( Fig. 54 ). Genitalia length 190 µm.

FEMALE. Unknown.

Distribution. Chile: Juan Fernández Islands.

Figures

FIGURES 51–54. Cremnomymar kuscheli, male (paratype of Scolopsopteron kuscheli). 51. Slide. 52. Antenna. 53. Fore wing. 54. Head, mesosoma, bases of fore wings, hind wing, and petiole.