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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15.
Anteon brachypterum
Olmi, 1984
(Figs
41
A, B,
42
B)
Anteon brachypterum
Olmi 1984: 353
.
Description
.
♀
(Figs 41A, B). Brachypterous, with forewing very reduced, slightly longer than mesoscutum + me- soscutellum + metanotum. Length
2.5–3.4 mm
. Head black, except mandible testaceous-brown; antenna brown, except antennomeres 1–3 testaceous; mesosoma and metasoma black; tegula testaceous; legs of
holotype
testaceous, except coxae and clubs of femora partly brown; legs of specimen from
Mozambique
, Cuamba, yellow, except part of meso- and metacoxa and stalks of meso- and metafemur brown. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 10:6:7:7:7:6:6:6:6:8. Head dull, granulate; frontal line present; occipital carina complete; POL = 6; OL = 3; OOL = 5; OPL = 4.5; TL = 5. Pronotum dull, setose, granulate, approximately twice as long as mesoscutum (13:5); pronotal tubercle reaching tegula. Mesoscutum dull, very reduced, granulate and reticulate rugose. Notauli absent. Mesoscutellum shiny, small, unsculptured, slightly shorter than mesoscutum (4:5). Metanotum short, approximately 0.5 × as long as mesoscutellum (2:4). Mesopleuron and metapleuron transversely striate. Metapectal-propodeal disc dull, reticulate rugose and granulate, with strong transverse posterior keel; propodeal declivity granulate, with few irregular keels, not reticulate rugose. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 7:2:2:4:10; no protarsomeres produced into hook. Chela without rudimentary claw. Enlarged claw (
Fig. 42B
) with proximal prominence bearing one long bristle. Protarsomere 5 (
Fig. 42B
) with one row of 14–20 lamellae; apex with 4–5 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.
♂
. Unknown.
Material examined
.
Type
:
♀
holotype
:
ERITREA
:
Ghinda
(
ZMUH
)
.
Other material
:
MOZAMBIQUE
: Ni- assa,
Cuamba
,
Catholic University of Mozambique
,
Campus of
Agriculture Faculty
, M. Olmi reared from a nymph of an unknown species of
Cicadellidae
showing two thylacia, parasitized host collected
21.III.2008
, dryinid cocooning
22.III.2008
, dryinid adult emergence in 2009,
1♀
(
MOLC
)
.
Hosts
. In
Mozambique
: nymphs of unidentified species of
Cicadellidae
.
Distribution
.
Eritrea
,
Mozambique
.