New species of Afrotropical Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), with description of a new genus and a new subfamily
Author
Olmi, Massimo
text
African Invertebrates
2007
2007-12-31
48
2
199
232
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.7667812
2305-2562
7667812
Conganteon walkerense
sp. n.
Figs 3, 4
Etymology: This species is named after the
type
locality, Walker
Bay
Nat. Res.
Description:
Female
.
Fully winged; length
2.31–2.62 mm
(
holotype
2.31 mm
). Head black, with mandibles and clypeus testaceous; antennae of
holotype
testaceous, with segments 7–10 brown; antennae of
paratype
brown, with segments 1 and 2 testaceous; mesosoma black; gaster brown; legs of
holotype
testaceous; legs of
paratype
testaceous, with coxae and clubs of mid and hind femora partly brown.Antennae clavate; antennal segments of
holotype
in following proportions: 8.5:5:8:6:5:4.5:4.5:4.5:4:6; antennal segments of
paratype
in following proportions: 8:5:8.5:6:5:5:4.5:4:4:5. Head of
holotype
dull, almost completely sculptured by irregular longitudinal keels, except small punctate area in front of anterior ocellus; head of
paratype
shiny, punctate, without sculpture among punctures; sides of face, temples and vertex behind ocellar triangle slightly rugose or sculptured by irregular keels; frontal line complete; face without lateral keels; occipital carina complete. Head of
holotype
with POL = 5; OL = 3; OOL = 7; OPL = 4; TL = 10; greatest diameter of posterior ocelli: 2. Head of
paratype
with POL = 6; OL = 3; OOL = 7.5; OPL = 5; TL = 9; greatest diameter of posterior ocelli = 2.5. Pronotum very short, transverse, reticulate rugose; pronotal tubercles reaching tegulae. Scutum punctate, without sculpture among punctures, rugose near anterior margin. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.6 length of scutum. Scutellum and metanotum smooth, finely punctate, without sculpture among punctures. Propodeum reticulate rugose, without transverse or longitudinal keels. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of stigmal vein longer than proximal part (10:
7 in
holotype
; 8.5:
8 in
paratype
). Fore tarsal segments of
holotype
in following proportions: 11:2:3:4.5:10.5; fore tarsal segments of
paratype
in following proportions: 11:2.5:2.5:5:11. Enlarged claw (
Fig. 3
) with small subapical tooth, without bristles or hairs. Segment 5 of front tarsus (
Fig. 3
) with 1 row of 26–31 lamellae (
26 in
holotype
); distal apex with group of at least 7–12 lamellae (
12 in
holotype
). Chela with rudimentary claw. Tibial spurs 1, 1, 2.
Figs 3, 4.
Conganteon walkerense
sp. n.
: (3) chela of female holotype, scale bar = 0.04 mm; (4) genitalia of male paratype, scale bar = 0.08 mm.
Male
.
Fully winged; length
2.12–2.81 mm
. Head black, with mandibles testaceous; antennae brown; mesosoma black; gaster brown; legs brown, occasionally with fore tibiae and fore tarsi testaceous. Antennae filiform; antennal segments in following proportions: 7:4:6.5:7:6:5.5:5:5:4.5:5.5. Antennal segment 9 about twice as long as broad: 4.5:2.2. Head shiny, punctate, without sculpture among punctures; sides of face, temples and vertex behind ocellar triangle slightly rugose or sculptured by irregular keels; frontal line complete; occipital carina complete; POL = 6; OL = 3; OOL = 6; OPL = 5; TL = 8; greatest diameter of posterior ocelli = 2.5. Pronotum very short, transverse, rugose. Scutum shiny, smooth, punctate, without sculpture among punctures, slightly rugose near anterior margin. Notauli distinct, incomplete, reaching approximately 0.6 length of scutum. Scutellum and metanotum shiny, punctate, without sculpture among punctures. Propodeum reticulate rugose, without transverse or longitudinal keels. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of stigmal vein longer than proximal part (11:7). Genitalia as in
Fig. 4
. Tibial spurs 1, 1, 2.
Holotype
: ^“
SOUTH AFRICA
:
Western Cape
,
Walker Bay
Nat. Res.,
34
°
27.41'S
:
19
°
21.39'E
,
11.viii– 6.ix.1997
,
S. van Noort
”; [red] “
Conganteon walkerense
sp. n.
M. Olmi
det. 2005 ^” (SAMC).
Paratypes
:
SOUTH AFRICA
:
Western Cape
: Koeberg Nat. Res.,
33
°
37.62'S
:
18
°
24.26'E
,
23.i–20.ii.1998
,
yellow pan trap
,
S. van Noort
, 1^1ơ (SAMC)
;
same locality label,
20.iii–19.iv.1998
, 1ơ (SAMC)
;
same locality label,
23.i–20.ii.1998
, 1ơ (MOLC)
.
Hosts: Unknown.
Comparison: The female of
C. walkerense
is similar to that of
C. transvaalense
Olmi, 1990
, but the basal part of segment 5 of fore tarsi is much shorter than distal part
Fig. 3
), whereas in
C. transvaalense
it is about as long as distal part (Olmi 1990
b
, fig. 4H). The male of
C. walkerense
is similar to that of
C. vannoorti
Olmi, 2006
, but the head is black, with only mandibles testaceous (head black, with mandibles, clypeus and anterior region of face testaceous in
C. vannoorti
), the antennal segment 9 is about twice as long as broad (more than 3 times as long as broad in
C. vannoorti
) and the frontal line is distinct (evanescent in
C. vannoorti
).