Gymnoptera simplex (Brues 1905)

Gymnoptera neotropica Borgmeier

Gymnoptera neotropica Borgmeier, 1958, p. 307, fig. 1a-d [male; Rio de Janeiro].

FEMALE (undescribed).—Length 1.3–1.5 mm. Third antennal joint dark brown, small, globose, pointed at tip, length 0.13 mm, width 0.11 mm; arista apical, long (0.58 mm in a large specimen), distinctly pubescent. Tergites brown, opaque, 2 and 6 a little elongated, 3–5 subequal in length; pubescence scarce, short, nearly absent dorsally. Legs as in male. Wing hyaline, heavy veins pale brown. Length 1.53 mm (in female from Dominica 1.3 mm), width 0.72 mm (0.62 mm). Costa 0.54 (0.53) of wing length, ratio of costal segments 13:16 (11:14). Costal cilia short and numerous, arranged in pairs until near extreme tip, 2nd segment with 10–11 pairs and one single cilia.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.—The type-series (holotype and paratypes, males in CTB) from Rio de Janeiro; many puparia and several males and females reared from dead Calosoma beetle, III.–IV. 1960 (T. Borgmeier). One female (on slide, USNM) from Dominica, W. I., Manets Gutter, 7 March 1965 (W. W. Wirth), light trap.