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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21.
Gonatopus acuminatus
(
Olmi, 1984
)
(
Figs 177C
,
178A
,
179A
,
180A
)
Agonatopoides acuminatus
Olmi 1984: 1324
.
Gonatopus acuminatus
(Olmi)
:
Guglielmino & Olmi 2014a: 38
; Olmi
et al
. 2015: 364.
Description.
♀
(
Figs 177C
,
178A
). Apterous; body length
3.1–3.7 mm
.
Holotype
with head brown-reddish, except mandible, clypeus and anterior region of frons yellow; antenna yellow, except antennomeres 8–10 brown; mesosoma brown-reddish, except distal extremity of propodeal declivity yellow; petiole black; metasoma brown-reddish; legs brown-reddish, except tarsi yellow. Specimen from
Kenya
,
04°23.456’S
39°41.687’E
, completely testaceous, except vertex of head darkened, metasoma partly brown and club of profemur darkened. Specimen from
South Africa
,
33°34.092’S
18°47.680’E
, with head brown, except mandible testaceous; antenna, mesosoma and metasoma brown; legs mostly brown. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 8:6:20:11:9:7.5:5.5:6:5:9. Head excavated, dull, granulate; POL = 1; OL = 2; OOL = 9. Palpal formula 5/3. Pronotum shiny, with short irregular keels, crossed by strong transverse impression. Mesoscutum sculptured by longitudinal keels. Mesoscutellum shiny and smooth. Metanotum little excavated behind mesoscutellum (
Fig. 180A
), with sides protruding; lateral protrusions pointed. Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, as sculptured as pronotum with strong median longitudinal furrow; propodeal declivity transversely striate.
Holotype
with mesopleuron and metapleuron not transversely striate; in specimen from
Kenya
,
04°23.456’S
39°41.687’E
, mesopleuron and metapleuron transversely striate. Mesometapleural suture distinct and complete. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 9:2:4:10:16. Enlarged claw (
Fig. 179A
) with one large subdistal tooth and one row of five-seven lamellae. Protarsomere 5 (
Fig. 179A
) with two rows of approximately 10–17 lamellae; apex with approximately 16–20 lamellae. In specimens from
Kenya
,
04°23.456’S
39°41.687’E
and
1.2233°S
36.8967°E
, protarsomere 5 with medial lamellae situated in distal half of protarsomere (two rows of 2+7 lamellae in specimen from
Kenya
,
1.2233°S
36.8967°E
). Tibial spurs 1/0/1.
FIGURE 178.
Habitus of
Gonatopus
species: group 3. A:
G. acuminatus
(Olmi), ♀ holotype in dorsal view. B, C:
G. mixtus
Olmi, ♀ holotype in dorsal (B) and lateral (C) view. Scale bar: A: 2.31 mm.
FIGURE 179.
Chelae of
Gonatopus
species holotypes. A:
G. acuminatus
(Olmi). B:
G. cafer
(Olmi). C:
G. ceres
(Olmi). D:
G. fuscus
(Olmi). Scale bar: A: 0.07 mm; B, C: 0.09 mm; D: 0.08 mm.
FIGURE 180.
Gonatopus
: group 3. A:
G. acuminatus
(Olmi)
, mesosoma of ♀ holotype in lateral view. B:
G. ceres
(Olmi)
, ♀ from Namibia, Kuiseb River: mesoscutum + mesoscutellum + metapectal-propodeal disc + propodeal declivity in dorsal view. C, D, I:
G. fuscus
(Olmi)
, ♀ holotype: head in frontal view (C); mesosoma in lateral view (D); habitus in dorsal view (I). E, F:
G. hantamensis
Olmi, Copeland & van Noort
sp. nov.
, ♀ holotype: mesoscutum + mesoscutellum + metapectal-propodeal disc + propodeal declivity in dorsal view (E); mesosoma in lateral view (F). G:
G. madecassus
Olmi
, ♀ holotype: mesoscutum + mesoscutellum + metapectal-propodeal disc + propodeal declivity in dorsal view. H:
G. nicator
Olmi
, ♀ holotype: mesosoma in lateral view. Scale bar: A: 1.18 mm; B: 0.85 mm; C: 0.29 mm; D, F: 1.23 mm; E: 0.82 mm; G: 1.24 mm; H: 1.46 mm; I: 1.13 mm.
♂
. Unknown.
Material examined
.
Type
:
♀
holotype
:
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
:
Haut-Lomami
, Up- emba
National Park
,
Lusinga
, right tributary of
Kenia
(right tributary of
Lufwa
),
1585 m
,
19.XII.1947
,
G.F. de Witte Mission
(
MRAC
)
.
Other material
:
KENYA
:
Coast Prov.
,
Shimba Hills National Park
,
04°23.456’S
39°41.687’E
,
389 m
, MT, just inside
Longomwagandi Forest
,
19.XI–3.XII.2008
,
R. Copeland
leg.
,
1♀
(
NMK
);
Nairobi Prov.
, ICIPE
Campus
,
Kasarani
,
1.2233°S
36.8967°E
,
1600 m
,
25.II–6.III.2014
, MT, along stream, meadow in degraded shrub-/grassland,
R. Copeland
leg.
,
1♀
(
MOLC
).
SOUTH AFRICA
:
Western Cape
,
Fynbos Estate
,
Dragonridge
,
33°34.092’S
18°47.680’E
,
635 m
,
28.IX–28.XII.2010
, YPT,
Boland Granite Fynbos, S. van Noort
leg., DRA09- FYN1-Y10
,
1♀
(
SAMC
)
.
Hosts
. Unknown.
Distribution
.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Kenya
,
South Africa
.