Nomenclature

Omyomymar Schauff, 1983: 544. Type species: Paranaphodiea silvana Ogloblin, by original designation.

Diagnosis

Omyomymar belongs to the Anagrus group of genera and can be differentiated by the following characters.

Female antenna (Fig. 6) with funicle 6-segmented, clava 2-segmented and sometimes with a variable distinct nipple like process at apex of second segment
Fore wing (Fig. 7) narrow and somewhat pointed apically, with one or two parallel lines of microtrichia on membrane beyond venation extending to uniformly setose apical part of wing
Mesophragma widely and deeply notched at apex and not projecting into gaster
Ovipositor at most exserted (for almost length of metasoma) beyond apex of metasoma (Fig. 8) and sheaths with one subapical seta each

Geographic Distribution

Worldwide, except western Palaearctic region (Lin et al., 2008).

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Hosts and habitat

Not known.

Species in India

glabrum Lin & Chiappini, 1996 (description); Rameshkumar and Poorani, 2013 (first report from India) (Distribution: Meghalaya)

silvanum (Ogloblin, 1935) (original description as Paranaphodiea); Lin and Chiappini (1996) (world species key); Schauff (1983) (world species key and chnage of combination); Manickavasagam et al., 2011 (distribution) (Distribution: Tamil Nadu)

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References

Manickavasagam, S., Rameshkumar, A. and 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.

Ogloblin, A. A. 1935. Los nuevos representantes de la fam. Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) de la Republica Argentina. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agrarian "Filippo Silvestri", 33: 377-397.