Nomenclature
Himopolynema Taguchi, 1977: 137. Type species: Himopolynema hishimonus Taguchi, by original designation.
Diagnosis
Himopolynema belongs to the Polynema group genera and can be identified by the following characters.
- Female antenna with 6-segmented funicle (Fig. 1)
- Face (Fig. 8) with a pit next to each torulus
- Axilla with strong, blunt seta (Fig. 11)
- Propodeum (Fig. 12) with oval median area defined by U-shaped submedian carinae
- Petiole (Fig. 12) attached to gastral tergum
Geographic Distribution
Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental, Australian regions (Lin et al., 2008).
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Hosts and habitat
Known hosts belong to Cicadellidae (Lin et al., 2007), Deltocephalinae (Cicadellidae) (Hayat and Anis, 1999) and Machaerotidae (Noyes, 2013).
Species in India
1. haflongum Hayat and Singh (2003) (original description and Indian species key) (Distribution: Assam)
2. hishimonus Taguchi, 1977 (original description); Hayat et al., (2003), Hayat and Anis (1999a) (description); Hayat and Singh (2001) (distribution) (Distribution: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal)
3. hexatricha Hayat and Basha, 2003 (original description and Indian species key) (Distribution: Assam)
4. indicum Hayat and Basha, 2003 (original description and Indian species key) Manickavasagam and Rameshkumar, 2012b (distribution) (Distribution: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam)
5. longiclavtum Hayat and Anis, 1999a (original description); Hayat et al., (2003) (key); Manickavasagam et al., 2011 (distribution) (Distribution: Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
References
Hayat M, Anis SB. 1999. New record of two genera Ptilomymar and Himopolynema from India, with description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). Shashpa, 6: 15-22.
Hayat M, Singh S. 2001. Description of new species of Polynema from India with further records of Himopolynema hishimonus (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae). Shashpa, 8: 95-97.
Hayat M, Basha, MC, Singh S. 2003. Descriptions of three new species of Himopolynema from India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae). Shashpa, 10(1): 1-6.
Manickavasagam S, Rameshkumar A. 2012b. First report of Callodicopus Ogloblin (Mymaridae) from India and new records of some Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) from Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Journal of Biological Control (in press).
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.
Taguchi H. 1977. A new genus belonging to the tribe Mymarini from Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). Transactions of the Shikoku Entomological Society, 13(3-4): 137-142.
Ramesh Kumar et al., 2013