Aphelinoidea (Lathromeroides) neomexicana

Aphelinoidea (Lathromeroides) neomexicana (Girault, 1915) (Figs 51–59) Lathromeroides neomexicanus Girault, 1915: 5. Type locality: Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico,­ USA.­Holotype­ ♀ ­[USNM],­examined­(during­a­visit­there). Aphelinoidea (Krygeriola) dolichoptera Nowicki, 1934: 4–5. Type locality: Parco Gussone (as “Park of the Royal Agricultural College”), Portici, Metropolian City of Naples, Campania, Italy. Holotype­ ♂ ­[DEZA],­not­examined. N. syn. Aphelinoidea (Krygeriola) dolichoptera Nowicki: Nowicki 1936: 141 (illustrations of the wings of the male holotype). Lathromeroides dolichoptera (Nowicki): Nowicki 1940: 657–659 (illustrations, description of female, distribution, diagnosis); Novicky 1946: 44–46 (mentioned). Aphelinoidea dolichoptera Nowicki: Doutt & Viggiani 1968: 529 (list); Fursov 2007: 966–967 (key, distribution, illustrations); Wang et al. 2009: 315 (key); Viggiani 2011: 104–108 (list, taxonomic history, diagnosis, distribution, discussion). Aphelinoidea neomexicanus (Girault): Doutt & Viggiani 1968: 530 (list). Aphelinoidea gwaliorensis Yousuf & Shafee, 1985: 303–304. Type locality: Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh,­ India.­Holotype­ ♀ ­[ZDAMU],­not­examined.­ N. syn. Aphelinoidea gwaliorensis Yousuf & Shafee: Lin 1994: 84–85 (redescription, illustrations, records from Fujian, China); Wang et al. 2009: 315 (key); Khan & Anis 2016: 90–92 (taxonomic history, diagnosis, distrubution, key), 95 (illustrations). Aphelinoidea (Lathromeroides) neomexicana (Girault): Trjapitzin 1995: 301 (host), 303–304 (key, distribution); Walker et al. 2005: 9 (list); Pinto 2006: 88 (list). Aphelinoidea (Lathromeroides) dolichoptera Nowicki: Trjapitzin 1995: 304 (key, distribution); Hu & Lin 2005: 150 (key), 151–152 (redescription, distribution, illustrations) [as A. dolichoptera (Novicky)]. Diagnosis: Female (specimens from the Nearctic). Body length 600–1185 µm (dry-mounted specimens). Face brown, vertex yellow, gena brownish (Fig. 51); mesonotum pale or bright yellow except propodeum a little darker (often orange- brown), or mesoscutum sometimes mostly orange; gaster either uniformly dark brown or sometimes with several pale or orange transverse stripes. Antenna (Fig. 52) with clava 2.2–3.1× as long as wide, its apical segment 1.2–1.8× length of basal segment. Fore wing (Fig. 55) 2.3–2.4× as long as wide, with disc setose beyond venation; marginal vein thickened. Hind wing (Fig. 56) with 3 or 4 rows of discal setae. Gaster elongate; ovipositor occupying usually about 0.9× of its entire length (arising from base of second gastral tergum, Fig. 53) but sometimes its entire length or, occasionally, slightly projecting forward underneath mesosoma up to about middle of scutellum (Fig. 54), 3.0–3.9× length of metatibia, exserted a little beyond gastral apex; hypopygium extending to apex of gaster (Fig. 51). Male (specimens from the Holarctic). Body length 560–850 µm (dry-mounted specimens). Antenna as in Fig. 57 and genitalia as in Fig. 58. Clava 2.4–2.9× as long as wide; fore wing (Fig. 59) 2.3–2.4× as long as wide. Also see the descriptions of the male of A. dolichoptera (Nowicki 1934, 1936) and the consequent description of the female (Nowicki 1940), as well as the important corrections to its diagnosis by Viggiani (2011). Material examined (all in UCRC): Kyrgyzstan: ­ 1♂,­ Naryn,­ Arpa­Valley,­ 40°47'40"N­ 74°41'37"E,­ 2810­ m,­ 18.vii.2000,­ C.H. ­ Dietrich;­ 1♂,­ Osh,­ Ikizyak­ River,­ 39°42'51"N­ 73°46'30"E,­ 3100­ m,­ 9.vii.2000, C.H. Dietrich. Canada: ­ 2♀,­ Alberta,­ 16­ km­ S­ of­ Magrath,­ McIntyre­ Ranch,­ 19–21. vi.1990,­ 26.viii–9.vi.1990,­D.­ Griffiths;­ 2♀ ­ 1♂,­ Writing­on­Stone­ Provintial­ Park,­ 24–30.viii.1990 ­ (1♀ ­ 1♂),­ 30.viii–10.ix.1990 ­(1♀),­M.­ Klassen;­ 1♀,­ Yukon,­Herschel­ Island,­ 24.viii.1971,­ W.R. M.­ Mason. Costa Rica: ­ 1♀,­ Guanacaste,­Santa­Rosa­National­Park,­ Hacienda,­ 29.xi–20.xii.1986.­ USA: Arizona:­ 1♀,­ Coconino­County,­13­mi.­S­of­Jakob­Lake,­2682­m,­ 26.vi.1993,­J.D.­ Pinto;­ 1♀,­ La­Paz­ County,­ 34°17'15"N­ 114°04'54"W,­185­m,­ 21.iii.2003,­D.­ Yanega;­ California:­ 1♀,­ Imperial­County,­ 4­mi.­W­of­Hwy­86­on­Hwy­78,­ 17.iii.1992,­J.D.­ Pinto;­ 1♀ ­ 2♂,­ Inyo­County,­ Shoshone,­ 21.v.1991,­ J.D.­ Pinto;­ Riverside­ County:­ 1♀,­ Menifee­ Valley,­ 33°39'N­ 117°13'W,­ 508­ m,­ 19.vii–1.viii.1995,­ J.D.­ Pinto;­ 2♀,­ San­Jacinto­Mountains,­ Tamarack­Valley,­2780­m,­ 13–17.viii.2001,­J.D.­ Pinto,­ G.R. ­ Platner;­ San­ Bernardino­ County:­ 1♀ ­ 2♂,­ Clark­ Mountains,­ 35°31'18"N­ 115°38'34"W,­ 1390­ m,­ 23.v.2001 ­(1♀ ­ 1♂),­ 35°31'45"N­ 115°38'15"W,­1490­m,­ 21.v.2001 ­(1♂),­J.D.­ Pinto;­ 1♀,­ 14­mi.­N­of­29­ Palms,­ 12.iv.1984,­ J.T. ­ Huber;­ 5♀ ­ 1♂,­ Jack­and­Marilyn­Sweeney­Granite­Mountains­Desert­Research­ Center,­ Granite­Cove,­ 34°48'N­ 115°39'W,­ 14–17.v.1994,­J.D.­ Pinto,­ G.R. ­ Platner;­ 1♀,­ San­Bernardino­ Mountains,­Road­2N93­1­mi.­N­of­Highway­38,­2350­m,­ 24.vi.1997,­J.D.­ Pinto;­ 1♀,­ San­Gorgonio­ Wilderness, Fish Creek Trail, 20.vi.1984, J.T. Huber; Michigan:­ 1♀ ­ 2♂,­ Clinton­County,­Bath­Charter­ Township­(near­Rose­Lake),­ 42°47'55.5"N­ 84°22'50.8"W,­259­m­(canopy­trap­in­black­locust­trees,­ Robinia pseudoacacia),­ 15.ix.2015 ­(1♂),­ 6.x.2015 ­(1♀ ­ 1♂),­T.­ Petrice;­ Missouri:­ 3♀,­ Wayne­County,­ Williamsville, 10–20.ix.1987, 21.x–11.xi.1987, 20.ix–20.x.1988, J.T. Becker; Oregon:­ 1♂,­ Harney­ County,­ Fifteen­ Cent­ Lake­ (NE­ end),­ 10.vii.1999,­J.D.­ Pinto;­ 1♀,­ Malheur­ County,­ 4.5­ mi.­ W­ of­ Jordan Valley, 11.vii.1999, J.D. Pinto; Texas:­ 2♀ ­ 1♂,­ Brazos­County,­ College­Station,­Lick­Creek­ Park,­ 30.vii.1987,­ J.B. ­Woolley­(1♀),­ 26.viii.1987,­ J.B. ­ Woolley,­G.­Zolnerowich­(1♀ ­ 1♂);­ 4♀ ­ 3♂,­ Brewster­County,­Big­Bend­National­Park,­ 29°34'02"N­ 103°16'04"W,­ 17–21.iii.1992,­ J.B. ­ Woolley,­R.­ Wharton;­ 1♀ ­ 1♂,­ Burnet­County,­Inks­Lake­State­Park,­ 22.iii.1986,­ J.B. ­ Woolley,­G.­ Zolnerowich;­ 3♀ ­ 2­ ♂,­ Hidalgo­County,­Bentsen­Rio­Grande­Valley­State­Park,­ 19.vi.1986,­ J.B. ­ Woolley;­ 2♀ ­ 4♂,­ Jim­ Wells­County,­W­of­Ben­Bolt,­La­Copita­Research­Station,­ 20.v.1987,­ J.B. ­Woolley­(1♀),­ 23.iii.1990,­ G.­Zolnerowich­(2♂),­ 24.iii.1990,­G.­Zolnerowich­(1♀ ­ 2♂);­ 2♀ ­ 5♂,­ Presidio­County,­Big­Bend­Ranch­ State­ Park:­ 29°26'18"N­ 103°54'24"W,­ 19.v.1990,­G.­ Zolnerowich­ (1♀),­ 2.8­ mi.­ E­ of­ La­ Sauceda,­ 27–28.iv.1991,­ G.­ Zolnerowich­ (3♂),­ 29°30'45"N­ 103°51'56"W,­ 7–9.viii.1991,­ J.B. ­ Woolley,­ G.­ Zolnerowich­ (1♀ ­ 2♂);­ 1♀ ­ 1♂,­ Robertson­ County,­ 8­mi.­E­ of­ Hearne,­M.­ Hallmark,­ 3–27.x.1990 ­ (1♀),­ 10–17.xi.1990 ­(1♂);­ Utah:­ 3♀,­ Garfield­County,­7.2­mi.­S­of­Ticaboo,­Cane­Springs­Desert,­ 20.v.1995,­J.D.­ Pinto;­ 24♀ ­ 10♂,­ Wayne­County:­6­mi.­W­of­Caineville,­ 29.vi.1993,­J.D.­Pinto­(1♀);­ SE­ of­ Hanksville,­ 38°20.26'N­ 110°41.26'W,­ 9–10.v.2000,­ J.D.­Pinto­ (7♀ ­ 4♂),­ 13–14.x.2002,­ J.D.­ Pinto­(8♀),­ 25–26.vii.2004,­J.D.­&­D.G.­Pinto­(8♀ ­ 6♂). Distribution: Austria (Novicky 1946 [as A. dolichoptera]), China (Fijian (Lin 1994 [as A. gwaliorensis] and Xinjiang [Hu & Lin 2005 [as A. dolichoptera]), Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Ukraine (Nowicki 1934, 1936, 1940; Trjapitzin 1995; Fursov 2007; Viggiani 2011 [as A. dolichoptera]), India (Yousuf & Shafee 1985; Khan & Anis 2016 [as A. gwaliorensis]), and USA (Girault 1915; Trjapitzin 1995), as well as Canada, Costa Rica, and Kyrgyzstan (new records). Hosts: Unknown. This species was reared in New Mexico, USA, from eggs of a leafhopper (jassid) (Girault 1915). Aphelinoidea (Aphelinoidea) sariq Triapitsyn & Rakitov, 2013 Aphelinoidea sp.: Rakitov & Appel 2012: 10–12, 16, 18 (host association, natural history information, illustrations). Aphelinoidea (Aphelinoidea) sariq Triapitsyn & Rakitov in Rakitov & Triapitsyn, 2013: 539 (key), 540–543. Type locality:Ecocenter “Dzheyran”, 39.5789°N 64.7230°E, 224 m, Kagan Distr., Bukhara­Prov.,­ Uzbekistan.­Holotype­ ♀ ­[UCRC],­examined­(Rakitov­&­Triapitsyn­2013). Diagnosis: Member of the plutella species group of the nominate subgenus of Aphelinoidea. Body mostly yellow. Also see Rakitov and Triapitsyn (2013). Distribution: Uzbekistan. Host: Scenergates viridis (Vilbaste) (Cicadellidae) (Rakitov & Appel 2012 [as Aphelinoidea sp.]; Rakitov & Triapitsyn 2013).

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