Dryinus aberrans Benoit, 1954

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 360-361

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Dryinus aberrans Benoit, 1954
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44. Dryinus aberrans Benoit, 1954

( Fig. 144E View FIGURE 144 )

Dryinus aberrans Benoit 1954: 412 ; Olmi 1994c: 10; 2004a: 356; Azevedo et al. 2010: 888.

Alphadryinus aberrans (Benoit) : Olmi 1984: 980.

Description. ♀. Fully winged; body length 5.0– 5.2 mm. Head black, except mandible and clypeus testaceous; antenna testaceous; propleuron black; pronotum black, except margins and posterior collar reddish; rest of mesosoma black; metasoma brown; legs testaceous, except coxae and clubs of femora brown; occasionally tibiae brown. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 9:4:25:13:9:5.5:5:5:4.5:6. Head dull, granulate; occipital carina complete; lateral ocelli touching occipital carina; holotype with POL = OL; in specimen from Madagascar, 16°22.36’S 45°19.36’E, POL = 4; OL = 3; OOL = 7; OPL = 0; TL = 3; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli about as long as OL. Pronotum dull, granulate, crossed by slight anterior transverse impression and strong posterior transverse furrow; posterior collar short; pronotal tubercle not reaching tegula. Mesoscutum shiny, granulate. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.65 × length of mesoscutum. Mesoscutellum and metanotum dull, granulate. Metapectal-propodeal disc reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity reticulate rugose, without longitudinal keels. Forewing with two dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein about twice as long as proximal part; in specimen from Madagascar, 16°22.36’S 45°19.36’E, 2r-rs&Rs vein with distal part less than twice as long as proximal part (9:6). Holotype with protarsomere 1 longer than 4 (17:10); protarsomere 3 produced into hook. In specimen from Madagascar, 16°22.36’S 45°19.36’E, Protarsomeres in following proportions: 18:3:6:10:18. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 144E View FIGURE 144 ) with two small subdistal teeth and one row of five lamellae. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 144E View FIGURE 144 ) with two rows of approximately 15–17 lamellae; apex with approximately 9–19 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ holotype: MADAGASCAR: Toliara, Bekily, X.1938, A. Seyrig leg. ( MNHN). Paratype: same locality label as holotype, IV.1937, 1 ♀ ( MRAC). Other material: MADAGASCAR: Mahajanga, Namoroka National Park , 17.8 km 329° WNW Vilanandro, 16°22.36’S 45°19.36’E, 100 m, 8–12.XI.2002, YPT, in tropical dry forest, Fisher, Griswold et al. leg., BLF 6511 GoogleMaps , 1♀ ( CAS) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Madagascar.

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.

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.

Olmi, M. (2004 a) A contribution to the knowledge of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) of Northern Mozambique. Oriental Insects, 38, 353 - 372. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.2004.10417403

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FIGURE 144. A: ♂ genitalia of Dryinus turneri Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, from Zimbabwe, Chishawasha. B–E: chelae of Dryinus species holotypes: B: D. ugandanus Olmi; C: D. constantiae Olmi (syn. of D. ugandanus); D: D. aethiopicus (Olmi); E: D. aberrans Benoit. Scale bar: A: 0.15 mm; B: 0.12 mm; C, D: 0.14 mm; E: 0.17 mm.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

MRAC

Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

SuperFamily

Chrysidoidea

Family

Ampulicidae

SubFamily

Dryininae

Genus

Dryinus