Kikiki, Huber & Beardsley, 2000

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 : 78

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5557.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14597176
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scientific name	Kikiki
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KIKIKI Huber & Beardsley, 2000 View in CoL

( Figs 158–162 View FIGURES 158–160 View FIGURES 161, 162 )

Kikiki Huber & Beardsley, 2000: 66 View in CoL . Type species: Kikiki huna Huber, 2000 View in CoL , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Back of head with transoccipital sulcus ( Fig. 158b View FIGURES 158–160 ); funicle 4-segmented, clava 2-segmented ( Fig. 159 View FIGURES 158–160 ); mandible with 4 teeth ( Fig. 158a View FIGURES 158–160 ); scutellum apparently without campaniform sensilla ( Fig. 161 View FIGURES 161, 162 ); fore wing with venation 0.7 × wing length; hind wing without fringe setae along anterior margin ( Fig. 160 View FIGURES 158–160 ); tarsi 3-segmented.

Remarks. Kikiki belongs to the Arescon group of genera. Kikiki is distinguished by the unique combination of funicle 4-segmented and tarsi 3-segmented. It is the only known genus of Mymaridae with 3-segmented tarsi.

Neotropical hosts. Unknown.

Important references. Triapitsyn (2013a), Huber & Noyes (2013).