Gonatopus kanyawarus Olmi, van Noort & Guglielmino, 2016

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 509

85. Gonatopus kanyawarus Olmi, van Noort & Guglielmino, 2016

( Figs 222B , 226 A-D)

Gonatopus kanyawarus Olmi, van Noort & Guglielmino 2016: 81 .

Description. ♀ ( Figs 226 A-D). Apterous; body length 3.5–4.0 mm. Head brown-black, except mandible, clypeus, anterior half of frons (with short stripe along orbits) and ventral side whitish; antenna brown, except scape, pedicel and proximal third of flagellomere 1 whitish, antennomere 10 testaceous; mesosoma black, except posterior third of mesoscutum yellow; metasoma brown-testaceous; proleg brown, except part of coxa, trochanter, stalk of femur, part of tibia and part of chela testaceous; mesoleg brown, except part of coxa, trochanter, part of femur and tibia, tarsus testaceous; metaleg brown, except distal extremity of coxa, trochanter, part of femur, tibia and tarsus testaceous. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 9:6:21:12:9:9:7:6:5:9. Head excavated, shiny, unsculptured; frontal line incomplete, absent in anterior third of frons; occipital carina absent; POL = 2.5; OL = 2; OOL = 10. Palpal formula 6/3. Pronotum crossed by strong transverse furrow, shiny, unsculptured. Mesoscutum shiny, sculptured by numerous longitudinal striae, laterally with two strong pointed apophyses situated on sides of mesoscutellum ( Figs 226A, C ). Mesoscutellum shiny, smooth, sloping anteriorly. Metanotum very long, transversely striate and excavated behind mesoscutellum ( Fig. 226B ), with sides protruding (protrusions rounded) ( Figs 226A, C ). Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, sculptured by many longitudinal striae, unsculptured among striae; propodeal declivity, meso- and metapleuron transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture distinct and complete. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 17:3:6:20:31. Protarsomere 3 produced into hook. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 222B ) with one small subapical tooth and one row of four small lamellae + one bristle. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 222B ) with two rows of 1 (proximal) + 20 lamellae; apex with approximately 14 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ holotype: UGANDA: Kibale National Park, Kanyawara, Makerere University Biological Field Station , 0°33.871’N 30°21.355’E, 1495 m, 4–26.VIII.2008, YPT, primary mid-altitude rainforest, S. van Noort leg., SAM-HYM-A023422 ( SAMC). Paratype: same locality label as holotype, SAM-HYM-A023422 , 1♀ ( SAMC) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Uganda.

Figures

FIGURE 222. Chelae of Gonatopus species holotypes. A: G. johnsi Olmi. B: G. kanyawarus Olmi, van Noort & Guglielmino. C: G. karibibensis Olmi. D: G. koebergensis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov. E: G. kolyadai Olmi. Scale bar: A, E: 0.13 mm; B, D: 0.19 mm; C: 0.11 mm.

FIGURE 226. Gonatopus species. A–D: G. kanyawarus Olmi, van Noort & Guglielmino, ♀ holotype: habitus in dorsal (A) and lateral (B) view; head and mesosoma in dorsal view (C); head in frontal view (D). E: G. masoalensis Olmi, ♀ holotype in dorsal view. Scale bar: E: 3.52 mm.