Kikiki huna Huber
- Dataset
- First report of Dicopus longipes (Subba Rao) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from India with new distribution data on some species
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Mymaridae
- genus
- Kikiki
- species
- Kikiki huna
Distribution
Costa Rica, Hawaiian Islands, Trinidad and Tobago (Huber and Noyes 2013); Argentina (Triapitsyn 2013); India (Tamil Nadu).
Discussion
Kikiki is unique among Mymaridae in having 4-segmented funicle, 2-segmented clava and 3-segemented tarsi. Only the type species, K. huna Huber (Fig. 12), is known so far. In India, Kikiki was first recorded by Manickavasagam and Palanivel (2013) from Tamil Nadu, but they did not confirm the species identity. The size of K. huna ranges from 150 to 170 µm and it holds the record for being the smallest winged insect known at present (Huber and Noyes 2013).
Name
- Homonyms
- Kikiki huna Huber