Generic key and catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) of Mexico

Abstract

The Mexican genera of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) are keyed in English and Spanish, and a catalogue of species occurring in Mexico is presented. Thirty-six genera, including 79 named species in 20 of the genera, are reported. These are mentioned in about 100 publications either as original species descriptions or as publications that specifically mention species and/or specimens from Mexico. In the catalogue, species distributions by state are given based on literature records, and collection data are compiled from about 3630 specimens examined in eight collections in Canada, Mexico and USA. Host are listed for specimens reared mainly in Mexico. A few extralimital host records are also given.

Three new genera of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) from the Neotropical region

“…The fairyfly fauna of the Neotropical region is one of the most diverse in the world, with about 50 genera, taking into account synonymies and genera added since Huber (1995Huber ( , 2006; it is about equal to or second to that of the Australian region (Lin et al 2007). Generically, the fauna is certainly much more diverse than the Nearctic region including Mexico (Guzmán-Larralde et al 2017;Huber et al 2020) and the Afrotropical region (Huber et al 2020). The species described above do not fit in any previously described genus of Mymaridae in the Neotropical region.…”