Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea)
Author
Olmi, Massimo
Author
Copeland, Robert S.
Author
Noort, Simon Van
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-10
4630
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1
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journal article
26202
10.11646/zootaxa.4630.1.1
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3.
Aphelopus mostovskii
Olmi, 2009
(
Fig. 13A
)
Aphelopus mostovskii
Olmi 2009b: 448
.
Description
.
♀
. Fully winged; body length
1.6–1.9 mm
. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna brown, except scape and pedicel testaceous; mesosoma black; metasoma brown; proleg testaceous; mesoleg testaceous, except femur brown; metaleg brown, except coxa and trochanter testaceous. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 5:4:4:4:4:4:4:4:4:6. Head dull, granulate; frontal line incomplete, not present in front of anterior ocellus; occipital carina complete; POL = 5; OL = 3; OOL = 3; OPL = 2; TL = 3; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli about as long as OPL. Mesoscutum dull, granulate. Notauli complete, posteriorly separated; minimum distance between notauli longer than greatest breadth of lateral ocelli (3:2). Occasionally notauli incomplete, reaching about 0.85–0.90 × length of mesoscutum. Mesoscutellum and metanotum shiny, slightly granulate. Metapectal-propodeal disc reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity with two longitudinal keels and median area less rugose than anterior surface. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; 2r-rs&Rs vein regularly curved. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.
♂
. Fully winged; body length
1.5–1.6 mm
. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna brown; mesosoma and metasoma black; legs brown. Antenna filiform; antennomeres in following proportions: 5:4:4:4:4.5:5:4.5:4.5:4. 5:7. Head dull, granulate; frontal line incomplete, not present in front of anterior ocellus; occipital carina complete; POL = 5; OL = 3; OOL = 3; OPL = 1.5; TL = 3; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli shorter than OL (2:3). Mesoscutum dull, granulate. Notauli complete, posteriorly separated; minimum distance between notauli longer than greatest breadth of lateral ocelli (3:2). Mesoscutellum and metanotum shiny, unsculptured. Metapectal-propodeal disc reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity with two longitudinal keels and median area shiny, granulate. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; 2r-rs&Rs vein regularly curved. Basivolsella (
Fig. 13A
) with 2 subdistal bristles and lateral basal process. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.
Material examined
.
Types
:
♂
holotype
:
SOUTH AFRICA
:
KwaZulu-Natal
,
Royal Natal National Park
,
Gudu Forest
,
28°40.90’S
28°55.78’E
,
1680–1730 m
,
18.XI.2006
–
27.II.2007
, MT,
M. Mostovski
leg. (
NMSA
)
.
Paratypes
:
SOUTH AFRICA
: same locality label as
holotype
,
1♀
(
NMSA
);
KwaZulu-Natal
,
Royal Natal National Park
,
Mahai Camp
,
28°41.27’S
28°56.86’E
,
1450 m
,
24.XI–6.XII.2005
, YPT,
M. Mostovski
leg.
,
1♂
(
MOLC
);
KwaZulu-Natal
,
Cathedral Peak Nature Reserve
,
Rainbow Gorge
,
28°57.60’S
29°13.61’E
,
1480 m
,
18.XI.2006
–
26.II.2007
, MT,
M. Mostovski
leg.
,
1♂
,
2♀♀
(
NMSA
); same locality label
,
1♀
(
MOLC
)
.
Hosts
. Unknown.
Distribution
.
South Africa
.