Stephanodes, Enock, 1909

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2024, Illustrated key to the genera and catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in the Neotropical region, Zootaxa 5557 (1), pp. 1-263 : 100

STEPHANODES Enock, 1909

( Figs 309–313 )

Stephanodes Enock, 1909: 457 . Type species: Stephanodes elegans Enock, 1909 , by monotypy. See Huber et al. (2020) for generic synonyms and their type species.

Diagnosis. Face with subantennal sulcus ventral to each torulus, with pit medial to and slightly above dorsal margin of each torulus and toruli separated by about 2× their own height from transverse trabecula ( Fig. 309a ); vertex with large depression outside ocellar triangle next to each ocellus ( Fig. 309b ); scape with inner surface rasp-like or with distinct transverse carinae; mesonotal spiracle much closer to anterior apex of notaulus than to dorsal apex of prepectus ( Fig. 312 ); propleura abutting each other anterior to prosternum; petiole attached posteriorly to gs 1 ( Fig. 313a ); mesosoma and metasoma smooth and shiny.

Remarks. Stephanodes belongs to the Polynema group of genera. Stephanodes is unique in having the mesonotal spiracle advanced anteriorly, closer to the anterior apex of the notaulus than to the tegula or dorsal apex of the prepectus.

Neotropical hosts. Unknown.

Important references. Huber & Fidalgo (1997), Huber et al. (2020).

Figures

FIGURES 309–311. Stephanodes polynemoides (Yoshimoto). 309a, head, anterior; 309b, head, posterior; 310, antenna; 311, wings. =

FIGURE 312, 313. Stephanodes polynemoides (Yoshimoto). 312, mesosoma, dorsal; 313a, metasoma, lateral; 313b, genitalia, lateral.