Gonatopus lankae ( Ponomarenko, 1981 ) Xu, Zaifu, Olmi, Massimo & He, Junhua, 2013
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3614.1.1 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E75E5224-20F1-431C-A7CB-9EE0D3F25118 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6461753 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8860B757-8F23-FEB0-48A7-53C1FE75FECF |
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Felipe |
scientific name |
Gonatopus lankae ( Ponomarenko, 1981 ) |
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comb. nov. |
3. Gonatopus lankae ( Ponomarenko, 1981) , comb. nov.
( Plate 113A, B View PLATE 113 )
Pseudogonatopus lankae Ponomarenko 1981b: 881 ; Olmi 1984: 1249.
Description of Female. Apterous; length 3.2–3.3 mm. Brown-reddish or testaceous-dark; antenna usually darkened, except segment 10 yellow; legs testaceous, except trochanters and procoxa partly whitish, hind side of metafemur whitish, distal apex of propodeum whitish. Antenna clavate; antennal segments in following proportions: 14:8:14:9:9:6:6:6:6:11. Head excavated, dull, alutaceous or weakly granulated; frontal line complete; occipital carina absent; temple prominent; POL = 2; OL = 3; OOL = 10. Palpal formula 4/2 or 5/2. Pronotum crossed by strong transverse impression, shiny, smooth, unsculptured. Scutum shiny, smooth, unsculptured, with some transverse keels on lateral regions. Scutellum shiny, smooth, unsculptured. Metanotum flat, shiny, unsculptured, weakly hollow behind scutellum; sides of metanotum protruding; lateral protrusions rounded. Metathorax + propodeum ( Plate 113A View PLATE 113 ) shiny, smooth, unsculptured or granulated; posterior surface of propodeum transversely striate. Disc of metathorax + propodeum with strong median furrow. Mesopleura and metapleura dull, weakly granulated, not transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture distinct and complete. Protarsal segments in following proportions: 15:4:6:20:31. Enlarged claw ( Plate 113B View PLATE 113 ) with one large subapical tooth and one row of six–eight lamellae. Segment 5 of protarsus ( Plate 113B View PLATE 113 ) with two rows of 19–21 lamellae; distal apex with about 20 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.
Male. Unknown.
Material examined. Type: holotype ♀: SRI LANKA: Ratnapura District , Gilimale Induruwa Jungle, 13.III.1979, K. Krombein leg. ( USNM) . Other material. SRI LANKA: Ratnapura District ., Sinharaja Jungle, Waturawa Forest ( AMNH) ; Matale District , Sigiriya, 07°57'N 80°46'E, 18.III.1999, C.J. Burwell leg. ( QMC) GoogleMaps .
Hosts. Unknown.
Distribution. Sri Lanka (Ratnapura, Matale).
Remarks. The female specimen from Sri Lanka, 07°57'N 80°46'E, has 5-segmented maxillary palps; the palpal formula 5/2 is typical of the group 10 (former genus Donisthorpina Richards ); for this reason, G. lankae is also included into group 10.
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USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum] |
AMNH |
USA, New York, New York, American Museum of Natural History |
QMC |
QMC |
USNM |
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
AMNH |
American Museum of Natural History |
QMC |
Queen Mary College |
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Gonatopus lankae ( Ponomarenko, 1981 )
Xu, Zaifu, Olmi, Massimo & He, Junhua 2013 |
Pseudogonatopus lankae
Olmi, M. 1984: 1249 |
Ponomarenko, N. G. 1981: 881 |