Haplogonatopus apicalis Perkins, 1905

Derafshan, Hossein Ali, Olmi, Massimo, Moghaddam, Mostafa Ghafouri & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2020, Taxonomy of Iranian Gonatopodinae (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae), with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4789 (2), pp. 371-402 : 395-396

Haplogonatopus apicalis Perkins, 1905

Figs 2D , 18 A–18H, 19, 20F

Haplogonatopus apicalis Perkins 1905: 39 . Type locality: Australia: Queensland, Bundaberg (♀ lectotype, BPBM). Description (♀ —not found in Iran). Apterous, length 2.1–3.7 mm. Color. Head yellow-testaceous; occasionally head brown or black, except yellow mandible, clypeus and anterior region frons; antenna brown, except yellow scape, pedicel and last flagellomere; mesosoma reddish or yellow-testaceous; petiole black; metasoma testaceous, or reddish, occasionally more or less darkened, or brown; legs yellow-testaceous. Head. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 19:11:22:12:10:10:10:10:10:19; head excavated, shiny, unsetose, granulate; occipital carina incomplete, shortly present on sides lateral ocelli; frontal line complete; POL = 5, OL = 5, OOL = 15; palpal formula 2/1. Mesosoma . Pronotum shiny, smooth, unsetose, unsculptured, not crossed by strong transverse impression; mesoscutum shiny, sculptured by some longitudinal keels; metapectal-propodeal complex shiny, unsculptured, except transverse striae on propodeal declivity; meso-metapleural suture obsolete; protarsomeres in following proportions: 10:2:3:7:11; enlarged claw ( Figs 2D ) with one subapical tooth and 1 row of 3–6 lamellae; protarsomere 5 with two rows of 7–10 lamellae; distal apex with about 2–7 lamellae; tibial spurs 1/0/1.

Description (♂). Fully winged ( Figs 18E, 18H ), length 2.0– 2.2 mm. Color. Head black, mandible yellow with darkened tip; antenna brown, occasionally with scape and pedicel yellow; mesosoma and metasoma black or brown; legs yellow. Head ( Figs 18 A–18C). Antenna filiform; antennomeres in following proportions: 7:7:12:11:11:10:9:9:9:12; antennomere 3 more than four times as long as wide (about 4.0–4.5); head shiny, setose, weakly granulate; frontal line absent; occipital carina absent; POL = 9, OL = 3, OOL = 3, greatest breadth lateral ocelli longer than OOL (4:3); temple distinct; occiput concave; palpal formula 2/1. Mesosoma ( Figs 18 D–18G, 19E). Mesoscutum setose, dull or shiny, granulate; mesoscutellum and metanotum shiny, setose, finely punctate; metapectal-propodeal complex reticulate rugose, without transverse or longitudinal keels; forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; tibial spurs 1/1/2. Genitalia ( Fig. 19A , 20F ). Dorsal process of paramere long, slender, distally broadened and serrate.

Material examined. 1 ♀ 7 ♂: 7 ♂ (1 ♂ in MOLC, 6 ♂ in DEIAU) , IRAN, Fars, Fasa (28°54ʹ47ʺN, 53°39ʹ25ʺE), 30.IV.2013, Leg.: S. Azadi ; 1 ♀ ( MOLC) , CHINA, Guangzhou, Guangzhou Botanical Garden , parasitized host collected 13. VI.2002, dryinid cocooning 15. VI.2002, dryinid adult emerged 26. VI.2002, Leg.: M. Olmi .

Distribution ( Fig. 23C ). Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental ( Olmi 1984, Olmi & Xu 2015).

Host: Delphacidae ( Figs 19 B–19C).

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FIGURE 2. Redrawn chelae of Gonatopodinae (from Olmi, 1984): A. Gonatopus iranicus Olmi, 1984, holotype; B. Gonatopus lunatus Klug, 1810, from Fontainebleau (France); C. Gonatopus opsiicida Rakhshani & Olmi sp. nov., holotype; D. Haplogonatopus apicalis Perkins, 1905, from Kalugomuwa (Sri Lanka).

FIGURE 18. Haplogonatopus apicalis Perkins, 1905, male from Iran, Fars-Fasa. A. Head, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, dorsal view; D. Mesosoma, lateral view; E. Forewing; F. Mesosoma, dorsal view; G. metapectal-propodeal complex and metasoma, dorsal view; H. Genitalia.

FIGURE 19. Haplogonatopus apicalis Perkins, 1905: A. General habitus of the male, lateral view; B. and C. Nymph of an unidentified dephacid parasitized by Haplogonatopus apicalis Perkins, 1905: thylacium protruding from the abdomen: A. Lateral view; B. Dorsal view.

FIGURE 20. Redrawn male genitalia of Gonatopodinae Kieffer (from Olmi & Xu, 2015): A. Echthrodelphax tauricus Ponomarenko, 1970, from Torrevieja (Spain); B. Gonatopus camelinus Kieffer, 1904, from Capodimonte (Italy); C. Gonatopus clavipes (Thunberg, 1827), from Sciolze (Italy); D. Gonatopus distinguendus Kieffer, 1905, from Castelmaurou (France); E. Gonatopus lunatus Klug, 1810, from Assergi (Italy); F. Haplogonatopus apicalis Perkins, 1905, from Sri Lanka.

FIGURE 23. Distribution map of the Iranian species of Gonatopodinae. A. Gonatopus opsiicida Rakhshani & Olmi sp. nov.; B. Haplogonatopus apicalis Perkins.