 Fig 1. C. muiri, lateral view |
 Fig 2. Adult, lateral view |
 Fig 3. Head, frontal view |
 Fig 4. Antenna |
 Fig 5. Antenna |
 Fig 6. Antenna |
 Fig 7. Wings |
 Fig 8. Forewing |
 Fig 9. Mesosoma, dorsal view |
 Fig 10. Mesosoma and metasoma |
Nomenclature
Camptoptera Forster, 1856: 116, 119. Type species: Camptoptera papaveris Forster, by monotypy.
Stichothrix Forster, 1856: 117, 118, 121. Type species: Stichothrix cardui Forster, by monotypy. Synonymy by Annecke and Doutt (1961: 15).
Eomymar Perkins, 1912: 26. Type species: Eomymar muiri Perkins, by monotypy. Synonymy by Huber and Lin (1999: 27).
Congolia Ghesquiere, 1942: 320. Type species: Congolia sycophila Ghesquiere, by original designation. Synonymy by Debauche (1949: 18).
Sphegilla Debauche, 1948: 62. Type species: Sphegilla franciscae Debauche, by original designation. Synonymy by Yoshimoto (1990: 32).
Wertanekiella Soyka, 1961: 87. Type species: Wertanekiella brevicornis Soyka, by original designation. Synonymy under Sphegilla by Mathot (1969: 2).
Camptoptera (Zemicamptoptera) Ogloblin and Annecke, 1961: 302. Type species: Camptoptera semialbata Ogloblin and Annecke, by original designation.
Staneria Mathot, 1966: 214. Type species: Staneri diademata Mathot, by original designation. Synonymy by Huber and Lin (1999: 27).
Diagnosis
Camptoptera belongs to the Camptoptera group of genera and is identified by the following characters:
- Female (Figs. 1,2) body small to minute
- Head (Fig. 3) and mesosoma with faint reticulate sculpture and setae short, inconspicuous in lateral view
- Antennal scape varying from relatively short (Figs. 5, 6) to relatively long (Fig. 4); funicle 7-segmented, second funicle segment usually very short, ring-like, clava solid
- Mandible 1-toothed
- Fore wing (Figs. 7, 8) without dark area slightly but distinctly curved apically, posterior margin slightly concave, especially towards apex, and apex rounded
- Tarsi 5-segmented
- Mesophragma not extending into gaster (Fig. 9, 10)
Geographic Distribution
Cosmopolitan.
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Hosts and habitat
Eggs of Scolytidae and Buprestidae, and possibly Cicadellidae, Aleyrodidae, and Thripidae (Lin et al., 2007). Kerria lacca (Hemiptera: Kerriidae), Archips pronubana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Coniopteryx vicina (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae), Frankliniella occidentalis and Thrips sp. (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) (Noyes, 2013).
Species in India
1. ambrae Viggiani, 1978 (original description); Subba Rao and Hayat (1983) (catalogue); Subba Rao (1989) (key); Huber and Lin (1999) (redefined Camptoptera, Checklist)
(Distribution: Tamil Nadu)
2. brevifuniculata Subba Rao, 1989 (original description and key); Huber and Lin (1999) (redefined Camptoptera and checklist); Manickavasagam et al., 2011 (key) (Distribution: Tamil Nadu)
3. dravida Subba Rao, 1989 (original description); Huber and Lin (1999) (redefined Camptoptera and checklist); Manickavasagam et al., 2011 (key) (Distribution: Karnataka)
4. kannada Subba Rao, 1989 (original description); Huber and Lin (1999) (redefined Camptoptera and checklist); Manickavasagam et al., 2011 (key) (Distribution: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu)
5. longifuniculata Viggiani, 1978 (original description); Subba Rao and Hayat (1983) (catalogue); Subba Rao (1989) (key); Huber and Lin (1999) (redefined Camptoptera and Checklist) (Distribution: Tamil Nadu)
6. matcheta Subba Rao, 1989 (original description); Huber and Lin (1999) (redefined Camptoptera and checklist); Manickavasagam et al., 2011 (key) (Distribution: Karnataka)
7. muiri (Perkins, 1912) (original description); Huber and Lin (1989) (refefined Camptoptera and checklist); Manickavasagam et al., 2011 (first report from India, key)
(Distribution: Tamil Nadu)
Subba Rao (1989) provided a key to Indo-Sri Lankan species.
References
Anwar PT, Zeya SB. 2012. Record of some species of Mymaridae from different states of India (Hymenoptera : Chalcidoidea). Bionotes, 14 (2): 52-53.
Foerster A. 1856. Hymenopterologische Studien. II. Heft. Chalcidiae und Proctotrupii. Aachen. 152pp.
Manickavasagam S, Rameshkumar A, Rajmohana K. 2011. First report of four species of fairyflies from India, key to Indian species of four genera and additional distributional records of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Madras Agricultural Journal, 98 (10-12): 393-408.
Perkins RCL. 1912. Parasites of insects attacking sugar cane. Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Experiment Station, Entomology Series Bulletin, 10: 1-27.
Subba Rao BR. 1989. On a collection of Indian Mymaridae (Chalcidoidae: Hymenoptera). Hexapoda, 1: 139-186.
Subba Rao BR, Hayat M. 1983. Key to the genera of Oriental Mymaridae, with a preliminary catalog (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 20: 125-150.
Viggiani G. 1978. New species of Camptoptera Forster (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). Revue Suisse de Zoology, 85: 151-156.
Ramesh Kumar et al., 2013