PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH. 85(3), 1983, pp. 543-551 A NEW GENUS OF MYMARIDAE (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA) FROM THE NEW WORLD' Michael E. Schauff Maryland Center for Systematic Entomology, Department of Entomology. Uni-versity of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742; current address: Systematic Entomology Laboratory, IIBIH, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, c/o Na-tional Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560. Abstract. — Omyomymar Schauff, new genus, is described and illustrated from material collected in North and South America. Omyomymar silvanum (Oglob-lin), n. comb., type of the genus, is redescribed and a lectotype designated. Three additional species, {O. grisselli, n. sp., O. alar, n.sp., and O. clavatum (Ogloblin), n. comb.) are treated, and a key is presented. Although the purpose of this paper is to describe a new genus, some of the included species have been the subject of previous taxonomic work. Girault (1913) described the genus Paranaphoidea for two species collected in Queensland, Aus-tralia. During the next 24 years he added several additional species, all from Australia (Girauh, 1914, 1915, 1920, 1923, 1925a, 1925b, 1938), bringing the total to ten species plus one subspecies. In 1935 Ogloblin described two species from South America {silvana and clavata) and placed them in Paranaphoidea. He gave no reasons as to why he thought they were members of Paranaphoidea. Annecke and Doutt (1961), who had seen no specimens o^ Paranaphoidea, com-mented that Ogloblin was the only worker other than Girault to recognize the genus and noted that it might prove to be no more than a subgenus of Patasson Walker (now considered a synonym of A nap hes Haliday). Finally, Doutt (1973) examined the types of Paranaphoidea and concluded that the genus was quite distinct from Patasson. He also stated that Ogloblin's species were not congeneric with Girault's species of Paranaphoidea but did not go further. I have recently examined the types of several of Girault's species of Paranaphoidea (P. egregia (type of genus), P. caudata, P. nigriclava, P. ponderosa, and P. intermedia) and concur with Doutt's statements. During 1979 and 1980 I collected a number of specimens from North America which I believed to be congeneric with the species described by Ogloblin as Paranaphoidea. After examining the types of these species, I have concluded that Ogloblin's species and the specimens I have taken represent an undescribed genus. I take this opportunity to describe the genus and differentiate it from Parana-phoidea and related genera. ' Scientific Article No. A-3269, Contribution No. 6341, of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland.
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