Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea)
Author
Olmi, Massimo
Author
Copeland, Robert S.
Author
Noort, Simon Van
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-10
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4630.1.1
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35.
Gonatopus bellicosus
Olmi, Copeland & van Noort
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 186D
,
188
,
189A
,
191A
;
192A, B
)
Diagnosis
. Apterous
♀
of
Gonatopus
with palpal formula 6/3; pronotum crossed by strong transverse furrow; metanotum about coplanar to mesoscutellum (
Fig. 192B
); metapectal-propodeal disc brown-black, with disc slightly humped (
Fig. 189A
); enlarged claw with apex very broad (
Fig. 191A
) and one big subdistal tooth; protarsomere 5 with one short row of lamellae (
Fig. 191A
).
Description.
♀
(
Figs 186D
,
188
,
189A
). Apterous; body length
3.7 mm
. Head brown-black, except mandible testaceous and one ferruginous longitudinal stripe between antennal toruli; antenna brown (antennomere 10 missing); mesosoma brown-black, except mesoscutum testaceous; metasoma brown; legs brown, except tarsi, part of procoxa and protrochanter testaceous.Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 11:6:25:16:13:12:9:8:7 (antennomere 10 missing in
holotype
). Head (
Fig. 188D
) excavated, dull, granulate; frontal line complete; occipital carina absent; POL = 1; OL = 2.5; OOL = 9; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli longer than POL (2:1). Palpal for-mula 6/3. Pronotum shiny, finely punctate, unsculptured among punctures, crossed by strong transverse furrow. Mesoscutum shiny, unsculptured, with two strong lateral pointed apophyses (
Figs 188B
,
192A
). Mesoscutellum shiny, flat. Metanotum about coplanar to mesoscutellum (
Figs 188C
,
192B
). Metapectal-propodeal disc swollen, shiny, finely punctate, unsculptured among punctures; propodeal declivity transversely striate. Mesopleuron shiny, unsculptured. Metapleuron transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture distinct and complete. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 19:3:7:20:34. Enlarged claw (
Fig. 191A
) with apex very broad, one big subdistal tooth and one row of eight lamellae + two bristles. Protarsomere 5 (
Fig. 191A
) with one row of 10 lamellae situated in distal half of protarsomere 5; apex with at least 25 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.
♂. Unknown.
Material examined
.
Type
:
♀
holotype
(
CASTYPE19451
):
MADAGASCAR
:
Antsiranana
,
Marojejy National Park
,
Antranohofa
,
26.6 km
31° NNE Andapa,
10.7 km
318° NW Manantenina
,
14°26.36’S
49°44.36’E
,
1325 m
,
18.XI.2003
, on
low vegetation, montane rainforest
,
B.L.
Fisher
leg. (
CAS
).
Hosts
. Unknown.
Distribution
. Madagascar.
Etymology
. The species is named
bellicosus
(Latin adjective; = aggressive), because of its aggressive aspect.