Dryinus seyrigi Benoit, 1954

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 347-348

33. Dryinus seyrigi Benoit, 1954

( Figs 140G , 141A )

Dryinus seyrigi Benoit 1954: 407 ; Olmi 1984: 756; 1994c: 10; Azevedo et al. 2010: 892.

Description. ♀. Fully winged; body length 3.7 mm. Head black, except mandible, clypeus and anterior region of frons testaceous; antenna testaceous, except antennomeres 6–9 brown; propleuron black; pronotum black, except lateral regions and posterior collar reddish; rest of mesosoma black; metasoma missing in unique known specimen; legs testaceous, except coxae and clubs of femora brown. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 10:5:21:10:9:8:6:6:4.5:8. Head shiny, granulate; occipital carina complete; OL = POL; temple prominent. Prono- tum ( Fig. 140G ) shiny, granulate, crossed by strong posterior transverse impression and slight anterior transverse impression; disc humped; posterior collar short; pronotal tubercle not reaching tegula. Mesoscutum dull, granulate, with short keels near posterior margin. Notauli incomplete, approximately reaching 0.5 × length of mesoscutum. Mesoscutellum dull, granulate. Metanotum short, with numerous longitudinal keels. Metapectal-propodeal disc re- ticulate rugose; propodeal declivity reticulate rugose, without longitudinal keels. Forewing with three brown trans- verse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein much longer than proximal part. Protarsomere 1 approximately twice as long as 4; protarsomere 3 produced into hook. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 141A ) with one small subdistal tooth and one row of three lamellae. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 141A ) much longer than enlarged claw, with inner margin straight, without distal prominence, with two rows of 22 lamellae extending continuously to apex. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: MADAGASCAR: Fianarantsoa, Ranomafana , X.1938, A. Seyrig leg. ( MNHN).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Madagascar.

Figures

FIGURE 140. A: Dryinus pretorianus Olmi: hypopygium of ♂ from South Africa, Pretoria. B–D: Dryinus saussurei (Ceballos): head in dorsal view (B) and chela (D) of ♀ from Madagascar, Bekily; distal extremity of enlarged claw of ♀ from Madagascar, 18°01.35’S 44°03.02’E (C). E, F: Dryinus schoutedeni (Benoit), ♀ holotype: prothorax in lateral view (E) and chela (F). G: Dryinus seyrigi Benoit, holotype: prothorax in lateral view. Scale bar: A: 0.06 mm; B: 0.36 mm; C: 0.05 mm; D: 0.12 mm; E: 0.64 mm; F: 0.16 mm; G: 0.33 mm.

FIGURE 141. Chelae of Dryinus species holotypes. A: D. seyrigi Benoit. B: D. shimbanus Olmi. C: D. sierranus Olmi. D: D. spangleri Olmi. E: D. whittleorum Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov. F: D. undulatus (Benoit). Scale bar: A: 0.12 mm; B: 0.18 mm; C: 0.19 mm; D: 0.23 mm; E: 0.14 mm; F: 0.15 mm.