Cosmocomoidea kodaiana ( Mani & Saraswat, 1973 )

Aishan, Zhulidezi, Triapitsyn, Serguei V., Xu, Mei, Lin, Nai-Quan & Hu, Hong-Ying, 2016, Review of Cosmocomoidea (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from China, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4085 (4), pp. 525-535 : 529-530

Cosmocomoidea kodaiana ( Mani & Saraswat, 1973)

( Figs 9–12 )

Ooctonus kodaianus Mani & Saraswat 1973: 78 . Type locality: Berijam Lake , Kodaikanal Hills, Tamil Nadu, India.

Gonatocerus kodaianus (Mani & Saraswat) : Zeya & Hayat 1995: 66 –68 (redescription, type information, diagnosis), 130, 135 (illustrations).

Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) ? kodaianus (Mani & Saraswat) : Triapitsyn 2013a: 143 –145 (taxonomic history, distribution, diagnosis based on specimens from the Palearctic region).

Cosmocomoidea kodaiana (Mani & Saraswat) : Huber 2015: 20 (list).

Material examined. CHINA: FUJIAN, Jiangle , 7–10.vii.1991, N.-q. Lin [2 ♀, FAFU] . HUBEI, Lichuan , 24.viii.1989, D. Huang [1 ♀, FAFU] . ZHEJIANG, Tianmu Mt. , 6.vi.1964, T. Chen [1 ♀, FAFU] .

Redescription. FEMALE. Body length 1426–1465 µm. Body brown to dark brown; antennal flagellum dark brown, radicle and scape yellow, pedicel yellowish brown to brown; legs yellowish brown.

Antenna ( Fig. 9 ) with radicle about 0.2× total length of scape, rest of scape 3.6–3.9× as long as wide; pedicel slightly longer than F1; F1 the shortest funicle segment, F2–F7 subequal in length; mps on F2 (1) and F3–F8 (2 on each); clava long, with 8 mps, 5.2–5.6× as long as wide.

Mesosoma shorter than metasoma. Propodeum ( Fig. 10 ) with well-developed submedian carinae extending to anterior margin and not connecting to each other. Fore wing ( Fig. 11 ) 3.0–3.2× as long as wide, longest marginal seta 0.1–0.2× maximum wing width, with disc slightly infumate throughout, mostly bare behind venation except for a few setae behind stigmal vein. Hind wing 14.0–18.0× as long as wide.

Ovipositor ( Fig. 12 ) occupying 0.6–0.9× length of gaster, not exserted beyond its apex, about as long as mesotibia.

MALE. Unknown.

Distribution. Oriental: China (new record from the Oriental part of the country) and India ( Zeya & Hayat 1995). Palearctic: China, Japan and Russia (Far East) ( Triapitsyn 2013a). Here we confirm that specimens from China belong to C. kodaiana .

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 12. Cosmocomoidea kodaiana ♀ (Jiangle, Fujian): 9, antenna; 10, propodeum; 11, fore wing; 12, ovipositor.