Palaeoneura, Waterhouse, 1915

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2021, Illustrated key to the genera and catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 5036 (1), pp. 1-166 : 40

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5036.1.1

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Palaeoneura
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PALAEONEURA Waterhouse, 1915 View in CoL View at ENA

( Figs 210–216 View FIGURES 210–212 View FIGURE 216 )

Palaeoneura Waterhouse, 1915: 537 View in CoL . Type species: Palaeoneura interrupta Waterhouse, 1915 View in CoL , by subsequent designation by Gahan & Fagan, 1923: 103. See Huber et al. (2020) for generic synonyms and their type species.

Diagnosis. Torulus without a small pit next to inner margin ( Fig. 210a View FIGURES 210–212 ); propleura abutting anterior to prosternum (Fig. 215); fore wing with slight to distinct narrowing beyond apex of venation, the posterior margin of wing thus slightly to distinctly sinuate with a correspondingly slight to distinct lobe ( Fig. 212 View FIGURES 210–212 ); petiole attached posteriorly to gastral tergum.

Discussion. Palaeoneura belongs to the Polynema group of genera as defined by Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy (2007). In the Afrotropical region this group also includes Acmopolynema , Ganomymar , Mymar , Mymarilla , Polynema and Stephanodes . Palaeoneura is distinguished from P. ( Polynema ) by the propleura abutting medially, sometimes only narrowly, anterior to prosternum whereas in P. ( Polynema ) and P. ( Dorypolynema) the propleura do not abut. Palaeoneura is distinguished from Polynema ( Doriclytus) by not having pits between the toruli whereas P. ( Doriclytus) has pits between the toruli. In both Palaeoneura and Polynema ( Doriclytus) the propleura abut anteriorly.

Afrotropical hosts. Hemiptera . The two published records (one extralimital) from Lepidoptera are almost certainly incorrect because Mymaridae are not reliably known to parasitize members of that order.

Important references. Huber (2003), Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy (2007).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mymaridae

Loc

Palaeoneura

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V. 2021
2021
Loc

Palaeoneura

Gahan, A. B. & Fagan, M. M. 1923: 103
Waterhouse, C. O. 1915: 537
1915
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