Gonatopus ankaratrus ( Ceballos, 1936 )

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 484-485

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scientific name	Gonatopus ankaratrus ( Ceballos, 1936 )
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60. Gonatopus ankaratrus ( Ceballos, 1936)

( Fig. 204C View FIGURE 204 )

Chalcogonatopus ankaratrus Ceballos 1936: 55 ; Rey del Castillo & Izquierdo 1989: 253.

Madecagonatopus ankaratrus (Ceballos) : Benoit 1954: 392.

Gonatopus ankaratrus (Ceballos) : Olmi 1984: 1601; 1994c: 11; Azevedo et al. 2010: 894.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 3.2 mm. Head black, except mandible and clypeus brown; antenna black, except antennomeres 5–6 brown; mesosoma and metasoma black; legs black, except tarsi brown. Antennomeres in following proportions: 8:4:11:5:5:5:4:4:4:6. Head flat, dull, granulate; temple prominent. Palpal formula 6/3 (palps actually missing in holotype; according to Ceballos (1936), maxillary palps 6-segmented; according to Benoit (1954), labial palps 3-segmented). Pronotum crossed by strong transverse impression, shiny, unsculptured, with some slight longitudinal striae on disc. Mesoscutum shiny, with some slight longitudinal striae, with two lateral pointed apophyses. Metanotum very reduced, smooth, about coplanar to mesoscutellum. Metapectal-propodeal disc dull, with many longitudinal striae; propodeal declivity strongly transversely striate near petiole. Mesopleuron and metapleuron slightly transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 10:2:5:13:21. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 204C View FIGURE 204 ) with one small subapical tooth and five peg-like setae. Protarsomere

5 ( Fig. 204C View FIGURE 204 ) with inner side proximally not serrate and two rows of 2 (proximal) + 22 lamellae; apex with approximately six lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: MADAGASCAR: Antananarivo, Ankaratra , III.1932, A. Seyrig leg. ( MNMS) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Madagascar.

References

Azevedo, C. O., Madl, M. & Olmi, M. (2010) A Catalogue of the Bethylidae, Chrysididae, Dryinidae, Embolemidae, Sclerogibbidae and Scolebythidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) of the Malagasy Subregion. Linzer biologische Beitrage, 42, 845 - 918.

Benoit, P. L. G. (1954) Monographie des Dryinides Malgaches (Hym. - Acul.). Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Serie E, 4, 383 - 430.

Rey del Castillo, C. & Izquierdo, I. (1989) Tipos de especies de Himenopteros descritas por G. Ceballos, en el Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid. EOS, 65, 251 - 264.

Ceballos, G. (1936) Estudios sobre Anteoninae de Madagascar (Hym., Bethyl.). EOS, 12, 43 - 64.

Olmi, M. (1984) A revision of the Dryinidae (Hymenoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 37, I-XII + 1 - 1913.

Olmi, M. (1994 c) New species of Dryinidae from Madagascar (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula entomologica, New Series, 17, 1 - 12.

Figures

FIGURE 204. Chelae of holotypes: Gonatopus species of group 7. A: G. aestivus Olmi. B: G. aethiopicus Olmi. C: G. ankaratrus (Ceballos). D: G. armatus Olmi. E: G. australis (Ceballos). F: G. avontuurensis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov. Scale bar: A: 0.08 mm; B: 0.13 mm; C, F: 0.07 mm; D: 0.06 mm; E: 0.12 mm.