Family MYMAROMMATIDAE
Compiler and date details
25 May 2012 - Danielle N. Stringer, John T. Jennings & Andrew D. Austin, Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide SA 5005
Introduction
This family was previously placed in the Chalcidoidea but is now considered to be in a separate superfamily, Mymarommatoidea. Mymarommatids are tiny wasps (<1 mm) that are characterised by having a strongly convex face; a pleated membrane across the vertex of the head which can move in a bellows-like fashion; the fore wing spoon-shaped and veinless with a long marginal fringe (as in most Mymaridae); the hind wing stalk-like; and petiole 2-segmented. Currently the family comprises less than 20 described species in four genera world-wide, of which Mymaromma (two species) and Mymaromella (one species) are recorded from Australia. Nothing is known about their host associations, but because of their size and simple ovipositor it has been hypothesised that they are idiobiont parasitoids on the eggs of various insects (like mymarids). They are sometimes collected using yellow pan traps.
Jennings & Austin (2015) list 2 unidentified species from Lord Howe Island in the Australian Museum.
Diagnosis
Petiole long, slender and composed of two distinct segments, the first of which is reticulate. Fore and hind wings stalked; fore wing with sculpture on the blade. Mandibles turning outward (exodont).
General References
Gibson, G.A.P., Reid, J. & Huber, J.T. 2007. Diversity, classification and higher relationships of Mymarommatoidea (Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 16: 51-146
Jennings, J.T. & Austin, A.D. 2015. Synopsis of the hymenopteran fauna of Lord Howe Island with a preliminary checklist of species. Zootaxa 3931(3): 423–432
History of changes
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| 27-Jun-2012 | 18-Mar-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |
- Mymaromella Girault, A.A. 1931. A new habitat in an old insect. Homo pudicus and new eurytomid. Privately Published. 4 pp. [4].
Type species:
Mymaromella mira Girault, 1931 by monotypy.
History of changes
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| 08-Feb-2012 | ADDED |
Species Mymaromella mira Girault, 1931
- Mymaromella mira Girault, A.A. 1931. A new habitat in an old insect. Homo pudicus and new eurytomid. Privately Published. 4 pp. [4].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QM ♀, Canterbury, VIC.
History of changes
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| 08-Feb-2012 | 08-Feb-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 27-Jun-2012 | 08-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |
Genus Mymaromma Girault, 1920
- Mymaromma Girault, A.A. 1920. New genera and species of chalcid-flies from Australia. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. Washington 8: 37-50 [Date published 27/02/1920] [38].
Type species:
Mymaromma goethei Girault, 1920 by original designation. - Petiolaria Blood, B.N. & Kryger, J.P. 1922. A new mymarid from Brockenhurst. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 58: 229-230 [229].
Type species:
Petiolaria anomala Blood & Kryger, 1922 by monotypy.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-Jun-2012 | 27-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |
- Mymaromma goethei Girault, A.A. 1920. New genera and species of chalcid-flies from Australia. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. Washington 8: 37-50 [Date published 27/02/1920] [38].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♀, Gordonvale, QLD.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-Jun-2012 | 27-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |
- Mymaromella mirissima Girault, A.A. 1935. Microhymenoptera australiensis nova, mostly Chalcididae. Privately Published. 4 pp. [2].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♀, Indooroopilly, QLD.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-Jun-2012 | 27-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |