Girault 1911 : 271 Lymaenon californicus (Girault) Burks 1958 : 63 Peck 1963 : 22 Gonatocerus californicus Girault Huber 1988 : 35 sulphuripes Yoshimoto 1990 : 39 sulphuripes De Santis & Fidalgo 1994 : 125 Huber & Beardsley 2000 : 56 Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Neotropical region, with description of eleven new species Triapitsyn, Serguei V. Huber, John T. Logarzo, Guillermo A. Berezovskiy, Vladimir V. Aquino, Daniel A. Zootaxa 2010 2010-05-14 2456 1 243 6KPFS Girault, 1911 Girault 1911 [151,811,1807,1833] Insecta Mymaridae Gonatocerus Animalia Hymenoptera 21 22 Arthropoda species californicus Gonatocerus     Gonatocerus californicus  Girault 1911: 271–272. Holotype female [USNM] (not examined). Type locality: Siskiyou Co., California, USA.    Lymaenon californicus(Girault):  Burks 1958: 63(catalog) [not listed but a new combination proposed referring to the previous listing in Peck (1951)];  Peck 1963: 22(catalog).    Gonatocerus californicusGirault:  Huber 1988: 35–37 (assigned to  sulphuripesspecies group, diagnosis, redescription, distribution: mentioned from  Mexicoand the Hawaiian Islands);  Yoshimoto 1990: 39(list,  sulphuripesspecies group);  De Santis & Fidalgo 1994: 125(catalog);  Huber & Beardsley 2000: 56(records from the Hawaiian Islands).     Materialexamined.  ARGENTINA.  BUENOS AIRES: Luján, Universidad Nacional de Luján, 34°35'07"S 59°04'45"W,  32 m,  17.iii.2005, C. Coviella [1 ♀, UCRC].  Moreno, 34°08’57’’S 58°46’57’’W, C. Coviella:  4– 14.i.2005[ 1 ♀, UCRC]; 16.ii.2005[2 ♀, UCRC]; 23.iii.2005[2 ♀, UCRC]; 9.iv.2005[2 ♀, UCRC]; 17.iv.2005[1 ♀, UCRC]; 30.v.2005[1 ♀, UCRC].  Near Ingeniero Otamendi, Río Paranáde las Palmasbank, 34°10’52.7’’S 58°52’12.8’’W,  6 m,  23.i.2003, S. V. Triapitsyn, M.C. Hernández[ 1 ♀, UCRC]. Near Puente Zárateover Río Paraná, 33°54’53.9’’S 58°53’46.4’’W,  7 m,  21.ii.2009, D.A. Aquino, A.V. Ossipov, S.V. Triapitsyn [1 ♀, UCRC].   Tigre: 34°23’50’’S 58°34’32’’W,  5 m, G.A. Logarzo:  9–16.xi.2005[ 1 ♀, UCRC]; 23– 28.xi.2005[1 ♀, UCRC]; 27.xii.2005– 3.i.2006[4 ♀, UCRC]; 3–10.i.2006[3 ♀, UCRC].  Vieytes, 35°18’26.56’’S 57°34’02.99’’W,  16 m,  29.ii.2008, D.A. Aquino[ 9 ♀, MLPA].  CATAMARCA: Palo Labrado(  23 kmS of La Merced), 28°20’S 65°37’W,  734 m, M.E. Irwin, F.D. Parker[ 1 ♀, UCDC].  Near San Fernandodel Valle de Catamarca,  18.i.2003, S.V. Triapitsyn[ 2 ♀, UCRC].   FORMOSA, 26.27°S 58.27°W,  60 m,  26.iii.2003, J. Munro[ 8 ♀, 2 ♂, UCRC].  MENDOZA, La Consulta, 33°42’30’’S 69°04’21’’W, INTA– Estación Experimental Agropecuaria La Consulta,  12–16.iii.2007, S.  Lanati[ 2 ♀, UCRC]. MISIONES, Loreto, 27°20’09.0’’S 55°31’36.1’’W,  171 m,  16.ii.2009, D.A. Aquino, A.V. Ossipov, S.V. Triapitsyn [1 ♀, UCRC].   SALTA, San Ramón de la Nueva  Orán, 23.09°S 63.37°W,  399 m,  22.iii.2003, J. Munro[ 1 ♀, UCRC].  TUCU- MÁN: Las Mesadas, 27°05’33.1’’S 65°37’43.3’’W,  600 m,  19.i.2003, S.V. Triapitsyn, G.A. Logarzo[ 1 ♀, UCRC]. San Miguel de Tucumán, soccer field near PROIMI, 26°48’35.6’’S 65°14’24.6’’W,  500 m,  20.i.2003, S.V. Triapitsyn, E.G. Virla[ 12 ♀, 11 ♂, UCRC].  39 kmN of San Miguel de Tucumán,  29.xi–4.xii.1999, L. Williams, III, G.A. Logarzo[ 2 ♀, CNCI].   COLOMBIA.  CHOCÓ, Parque Nacional Natural Utría, Sendero Cocolito, 6.02°N 77.35°W,  1–4.vii.2000, Colombian ArthropodProject[ 1 ♀, UCRC].     MEXICO.  BAJA  CALIFORNIASUR, Las Barracas(ca. 30 kmE of Santiago), 23°28’20’’N 109°27’10’’W,  50 m,  16.xii.1984, P. DeBach[ 1 ♀, UCRC].    Extralimital records. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS(  USA, HAWAII). Hawaii Island, 0.5 mi. SE of Kahola,   6.vii.1989, H.E. Andersen[ 1 ♀, UCRC].    MEXICO.  NUEVO LEÓN: Municipio Allende: Lazarillos de Abajo,   9.vii.1983, A. González-Hernández[ 1 ♀, UCRC]. Raíces, Río Ramos,   9.vii.1983, F. Reyes-Vélez[ 2 ♀, UCRC]. Municipio El Carmen, El Carmen,   10.vii.1983, G. Gordh[ 1 ♀, UCRC]. TAMAULIPAS, Ciudad Victoria, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipascampus,   12–14.ii.2001, S.V. Triapitsyn[ 1 ♀, UCRC].  USA.  CALIFORNIA, Plumas Co., along Warner Creek,  8.5 kmNW of Chester, S.L. Heydon[ 1 ♀, UCDC].  Redescription.See Huber (1988).   Diagnosis.  Gonatocerus( Gonatocerus) californicusis distinguished by the following combination: female antenna ( Fig. 22) with apex of F1 deeply incised, mps on F7 and F8 only; forewing ( Fig. 24) hyaline; gaster ( Fig. 23) more or less distinctly spotted; ovipositor relatively short, not or barely exserted beyond apex of gaster, usually about 1.2x as long as metatibia but sometimes up to 1.5x as long as metatibia. Both  G. californicusand the similar Nearctic species  G.( Gonatocerus) utahensisGirault(see below) have a characteristic forewing disc without setae behind the submarginal vein and often with setae sparse or absent in a roughly triangular area from just distal of the stigmal vein to the marginal vein (between the anterior margin of the wing and the cubital row of setae). The two species may very well be conspecific because the distinguishing morphological characters given by Huber (1988)are minor and quite likely variable, particularly the relative length of the ovipositor and the coloration of the gaster; also, both taxa were collected in the same locality in Nuevo León,  Mexico. The forewing disc of the common Palaearctic and Oriental species,  G.( Gonatocerus) sulphuripes(Foerster), whose female antenna and body coloration somewhat resemble  G. californicusand  G. utahensis, has setae behind the submarginal vein and is uniformly and densely setose behind and beyond marginal and stigmal veins.   Distribution.NEOTROPICAL*: Argentina*, Colombia*, and  Mexico. NEARCTIC:  Mexico, and USA. OCEANIA: Hawaiian Islands ( USA: Hawaii).   Hosts.Unknown.   Comments.  Gonatocerus utahensishas a relatively longer ovipositor (exserted beyond the gastral apex by about 0.1x own length) than  G. californicus( Huber 1988). Huber (1988)and also De Santis & Fidalgo (1994)[who cited Huber’s (1988) work] reported  G. utahensisfrom Mexico, but the specimens they referred to were all from its Nearctic part and for this reason it is not included in the key to Neotropical species. The Nearctic records from Mexico are as follows: NUEVO LEÓN: Municipio El Carmen, El Carmen, 10.vii.1983, A. González-Hernández [1 ♀, UCRC]. Municipio Escobedo, Hacienda El Canada, 12.vii.1983, J.A. Alvarado [1 ♀, UCRC]. San Juan, Río San Juan, 14.vii.1983, A. González-Hernández [1 ♀, UCRC].   Othernew records of  G. utahensisfrom the Nearctic regionare:  USA. ILLINOIS, Kane Co., 1 mi. S of Alonquin on Fox River,  18.vi.1991, H.E. Andersen[ 8 ♀, 3 ♂, UCRC].  IOWA, Iowa Co., 2 mi. E of Victoron I-80,  21.vi.1991, H.E. Andersen[ 2 ♀, UCRC]. 1639354067 2005-03-17 BUENOS, AIRES Argentina Material 32 -34.585278 Universidad Nacional de Lujan 19 -59.079166 Lujan 22 23 1 BUENOS AIRES 1639354086 2005-01-04 2005-01-14 2005-01-04 UCRC Argentina -34.14917 Coviella 19 -58.7825 Moreno 22 23 1 1 BUENOS AIRES 1639354136 2003-01-23 Argentina Near Ingeniero Otamendi 6 -34.181305 Palmas 1 -58.87022 Rio Parana 22 23 1 BUENOS AIRES 1639354085 2009-02-21 UCRC Argentina Triapitsyn 7 -33.914974 Near Puente Zarate 1 -58.896225 Hernandez 22 23 1 1 BUENOS AIRES 1639354081 [410,1378,1729,1755] 2005-11-09 2005-11-16 2005-11-09 UCRC Argentina 5 -34.397224 Logarzo 19 -58.575554 Tigre 22 23 1 1 BUENOS AIRES 1639354089 2008-02-29 MLPA D. A. Aquino Argentina 16 -35.307377 Vieytes 1 -57.567497 22 23 9 9 BUENOS AIRES 1639354056 UCDC Palo Labrado & M. E. Irwin & F. D. Parker Argentina 734 -28.333334 23 km S of La Merced 1232 -65.61667 22 23 1 1 CATAMARCA 1639354095 2003-01-18 UCRC S. V. Triapitsyn Argentina Near San Fernando 22 23 2 2 Catamarca 1639354076 2003-03-26 UCRC J. Munro Taiwan 60 -26.27 FORMOSA 746 -58.27 22 23 10 8 2 FORMOSA 1639354062 2007-03-12 2007-03-16 2007-03-12 INTA Taiwan -33.708336 Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria La Consulta 19 -69.0725 La Consulta 22 23 1 MENDOZA 1639354092 2009-02-16 UCRC Taiwan 171 -27.335835 Loreto 1 -55.526695 Lanati 22 23 2 2 MISIONES 1639354052 [151,1337,151,178] 2003-03-22 SALTA, UCRC J. Munro Algeria 399 -23.09 Oran 754 -63.37 23 24 1 1 Oran 1639354072 2003-01-19 TUCU-, MAN, UCRC S. V. Triapitsyn & G. A. Logarzo Algeria 600 -27.09253 Las Mesadas 1 -65.6287 23 24 1 1 Oran 1639354141 2003-01-20 PROIMI, UCRC S. V. Triapitsyn & E. G. Virla Algeria 500 -26.809889 Tucuman 1 -65.240166 23 24 23 12 11 Tucuman 1639354128 1999-11-29 1999-12-04 1999-11-29 CNCI L. Williams & G. A. Logarzo Algeria Tucuman 23 24 2 2 Tucuman 1639354121 2000-07-01 2000-07-04 2000-07-01 CHOCO, UCRC Colombian Arthropod Project Colombia 6.02 CHOCO 783 -77.35 23 24 1 1 CHOCO 1639354119 1984-12-16 MEXICO, BAJA, CALIFORNIA, SUR, UCRC P. DeBach Mexico 50 23.472223 Santiago 21 -109.452774 Las Barracas 23 24 1 1 MEXICO 1639354134 [201,1431,471,498] United States of America Hawaii Island 23 24 1 HAWAII 1639354123 1989-07-06 UCRC, MEXICO, NUEVO, LEON H. E. Andersen Mexico Lazarillos de Abajo Municipio Allende 23 24 1 1 MEXICO 1639354122 [239,1074,551,578] 1983-07-09 UCRC A. Gonzalez-Hernandez Mexico Rio Ramos Raices 23 24 1 1 MEXICO 1639354113 1983-07-09 UCRC F. Reyes-Velez Mexico El Carmen Municipio El Carmen 23 24 2 2 MEXICO 1639354147 1983-07-10 UCRC G. Gordh Mexico Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas Ciudad Victoria 23 24 1 1 TAMAULIPAS 1639354131 2001-02-12 2001-02-14 2001-02-12 UCRC, CALIFORNIA, UCDC S. V. Triapitsyn & S. L. Heydon United States of America Plumas Co. Warner Creek 23 24 2 2 CALIFORNIA 1639354137 1991-06-18 UCRC H. E. Andersen United States of America Kane Co. Nearctic region Other 23 24 11 8 3 ILLINOIS 1639354116 1991-06-21 UCRC H. E. Andersen United States of America Iowa Co. Victor 23 24 2 2 IOWA