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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42.
Gonatopus orangensis
Olmi, 1998
(
Figs 192I
,
194C
)
Gonatopus orangensis
Olmi 1998d: 178
; 2006: 46;
Azevedo
et al
. 2010: 897
.
Description.
♀
. Apterous; body length
2.9–3.9 mm
. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna brown, except ventral side of scape testaceous; mesosoma and metasoma black; legs brown, except distal extremities of coxae, trochanters, stalks of femora, proximal half of tibiae and tarsi testaceous. In specimen from
South Africa
, Kruispad Farm, head black, except mandible and part of clypeus testaceous; antenna brown, except flagellomere 8 and ventral side of scape whitish; mesosoma black, except lateral regions of pronotum, posterior margin of disc of pronotum, part of mesoscutum and posterior extremity of propodeal declivity testaceous; metasoma brown; legs brown, except articulations testaceous.Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 7:6:12:7:6.5:6.5:5.5:5:5.5:8. Head excavated, shiny, with occiput granulate and frons unsculptured, except narrow and slightly rugose area near clypeus; frontal line complete; occipital carina absent; POL = 1; OL = 1; OOL = 9. Palpal formula 6/3. Pronotum shiny, unsculptured, crossed by strong transverse impression. Mesoscutum shiny, sculptured by numerous longitudinal striae, with two strong lateral pointed apophyses (
Fig. 192I
). Mesoscutellum shiny, sloping anteriorly. Metanotum deeply excavated behind mesoscutellum. In specimen from
South Africa
,
32°21.260’S
26°23.001’E
, metanotum weakly excavated behind mesoscutellum. Metapectal-propodeal disc swollen, shiny, unsculptured; metapleuron and propodeal declivity transversely striate; mesopleuron partly transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture distinct and complete. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 13:2.5:4.5:13.5:22. Enlarged claw (
Fig. 194C
) with one large subdistal tooth and one row of 8–9 lamellae. Protarsomere 5 (
Fig. 194C
) with two rows of 16–24 lamellae; apex with 10–20 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.
♂
. Unknown.
Material examined
.
Type
:
♀
holotype
:
SOUTH AFRICA
: Free State,
9 km
S of
Harrismith
,
300 m
after Junc- tion R74–712, along R74 to
Sterkfontein
,
25.I.1997
, sweeping on grass,
M. Olmi
leg. (
AMNH
).
Other material
:
MADAGASCAR
:
Mahajanga
,
Tsimembo Forest
,
8.7 km
336° NNW Soatana
,
19°01.17’S
44°26.26’E
,
20 m
,
21– 25.XI.2001
, beating low vegetation, tropical dry forest,
Fisher
,
Griswold
et al
. leg., BLF 4510
,
1♀
(
CAS
).
SOUTH AFRICA
:
Eastern Cape
,
Winterberg
,
The Hoek Farm
,
32°21.260’S
26°23.001’E
,
1879 m
,
6.X.2010
–
18.I.2011
, YPT,
Amathole Mistbelt Grassland
,
S. van Noort
leg., MTB09-GRA1-Y06
,
1♀
(
MOLC
);
Gauteng
, near Roode- poort,
Discovery
, about
26°09.5’S
27°53.5’E
,
28.IX.1961
,
H.N. Empey
leg.
,
1♀
(
DJBC
);
Western Cape
,
10 km
SE of Velddrif
,
Kruispad Farm
,
32°50’S
18°15’E
,
10.XI.1992
,
M. Picker
leg.,
swept from
Salicornia
, SAM-HYM- PO03778
,
1♀
(
SAMC
)
.
Hosts
. Unknown.
Distribution
.
Madagascar
,
South Africa
.