Erdosiella Soyka 1956

ERDOSIELLA Soyka, 1956 (Figs 124–129) Erdösiella [sic] Soyka, 1956b: 16. Type species: Erdosiella acarensis Soyka, 1956, by original designation. Tanaomymar Annecke & Doutt, 1961: 25. Type species: Tanaomymar mirum Annecke & Doutt, 1961, by original designation. Synonymy by Fidalgo, 1992: 75. Stenomymar Ogloblin, 1967: 184. Type species: Stenomymar decoratus Ogloblin, 1967, by original designation. Synonymy by Fidalgo, 1992: 7. In a footnote, Fidalgo attributed the synonymy to Yoshimoto (1990) but his paper was still in press at the time so Fidalgo must take the credit. Tanyostethium Yoshimoto, 1990: 74. Type species: Tanyostethium elongatum, 1990, by original designation. Syn. nov. Diagnosis. Face without subantennal sulcus ventral to each torulus and without a pit medially next to each torulus (Fig. 124a); toruli separated by about their own height, or less than half their height (Fig. 124a) from transverse trabecula; antenna often with apical two funicle segments as wide as clava (Fig. 125); propleura widely abutting each other anterior to prosternum; fore wing with or without brown bands and some microtrichia arranged in distinct rows (Fig. 126); entire venation close to anterior margin of wing (costal cell extremely narrow except anterior to submarginal vein), parastigma with short, inconspicuous proximal macrochaeta, and distal macrochetae and marginal vein absent (Fig. 126); propodeum with a partial median carina or entirely without (Fig. 127); petiole attached posteriorly to gs 1, ovipositor and sheaths equally long and extending distinctly beyond apex of gaster (Fig. 128). Remarks. Erdosiella belongs to the Polynema group of genera. The species with the apical two funicle segments greatly widened are easy to recognize; the others, e.g., E. elongatum and some undescribed species large in size, with or without a banded fore wing. The genus is variable with uncertain limits. Neotropical hosts. Unknown. Important reference. Fidalgo (1992).