Thaumatodryinus overholti Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, 2015

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 391-392

8. Thaumatodryinus overholti Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, 2015 .

( Figs 159D , 160A, B )

Thaumatodryinus overholti Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino 2015: 360 .

Description. ♂ ( Figs 160A, B ). Fully winged; body length 2.1–3.5 mm. Head brown, except mandible, clypeus and anterior half of frons testaceous; antenna testaceous-dark; mesosoma brown, except pronotum and small area behind hind tegula testaceous (in paratype, small area behind fore tegula and hind tegula testaceous); metasoma brown; legs testaceous. In large specimens (more than 3.0 mm) from Kenya, 4.32664°S 39.52462°E, head testaceous-ferruginous, except transverse brown band on vertex and ocellar region; antenna testaceous-ferruginous; mesosoma testaceous-ferruginous, except posterior surface of median region of mesoscutum brown, mesoscutellum and metanotum black, mesoaxilla black (in specimen from Democratic Republic of the Congo, 04°16’S 17°11’E, mesosoma totally brown); metasoma brown; legs testaceous. Antenna filiform; antennomeres in following proportions: 6:6:7:9:11:11:10:9:8:10. Head shiny, convex, punctate and granulate; frontal line absent; occipital carina complete; POL = 5; OL = 2; OOL = 4.5; OPL = 0.5; TL = 2; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli as long as TL. Mesoscutum dull, granulate. Notauli incomplete, reaching about 0.7–0.8 × length of mesoscutum. Mesoscutellum granulate and punctate. Metanotum shiny, unsculptured. Metapectal-propodeal disc reticulate rugose, without strong transverse posterior keel; propodeal declivity reticulate rugose, with tracks of two median longitudinal keels. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein longer than proximal part (18:13). Inner side of paramere without mosaic sculpture ( Fig. 159D ). Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♀. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♂ holotype: KENYA: Coast Prov. , Gede Forest, 3.30946°S 40.01941°E, 19 m, 22.VIII–5.IX.2011, MT, secondary Forest, R. Copeland leg. ( NMK) . Paratype: KENYA: Coast Prov. , Muhaka Forest, 4.32530°S 39.52345°E, 52 m, 27–30.V.2013, 6 m MT, indigenous forest, R. Copeland leg. , 1♂ ( MOLC). Other material: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Haut-Uele , Wamba Territory, Kikongo Mission, 04°16’S 17°11’E, 30.III–5.IV.2006, MT, S.L. Heydon & S.E. Stevenson leg. , 2♂♂ ( DEUCD, MOLC). KENYA: Coast Prov., Muhaka Forest, 4.32664°S 39.52462°E, 41 m, 9–23.VIII.2014, MT, indigenous forest, R. Copeland leg., 1♂ ( NMK); same locality label, 11–25.X.2015, 2♂♂ ( NMK, MOLC); same locality label, 20.IX–4.X.2014, 1♂ ( NMK); same locality label, 4–18.X.2014, 1♂ ( NMK); same locality lable, 19.VI–3.VII.2015, 1♂ ( MOLC); same locality label, 15–29.XI.2014, 1♂ ( NMK); same locality label, 6–20.IX.2014, 1♂ ( NMK); same locality label, 1–15.XI.2014, 1♂ ( NMK); same locality label, 23.VIII–6.IX.2015, 1♂ ( NMK); same locality label, 5–19.XI.2015, 2♂♂ ( NMK); same locality label, 9–23.VIII.2015, 1♂ ( NMK); same locality label, 27.XII.2014 – 10.I.2015, 1♂ ( NMK).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya.

Figures

FIGURE 159. A, C–E: ♂ genitalia of Thaumatodryinus species: A: T. comptoni Olmi, paratype. C: T. merinus Olmi, holotype. D: T. overholti Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, holotype. E: T. sokokensis Olmi, holotype. B, F: mesoscutum of Thaumatodry- inus species ♂♂: T. merinus Olmi from Madagascar, 23°29.19’S 44°4.44’E (B); ♂ holotype of T. sokokensis Olmi (F). Scale bar: A, C: 0.09 mm; B: 0.30 mm; D: 0.11 mm; E: 0.07 mm; F: 0.35 mm.

FIGURE 160. Habitus of Thaumatodryinus species. A, B: T. overholti Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, ♂ holotype. C, D: T. tuukkaraski Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, ♀ holotype.