Bocchus granulatus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 273

7. Bocchus granulatus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort , sp. nov.

( Figs 104 B–D, 108 A)

Diagnosis. ♂ of Bocchus with mesoscutum completely granulate ( Fig. 104D ); notauli complete and posteriorly separated; mesoscutellum finely punctate, unsculptured among punctures; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein about as long as proximal part; propodeal declivity without longitudinal keels.

Description. ♂ ( Figs 104 B–D). Fully winged; body length 2.4–2.6 mm. Head black, except mandible testa- ceous; antenna brown; mesosoma black; metasoma brown; legs brown, except articulations, tarsi and protibia testaceous. Antenna filiform; antennomere 6 more than twice as long as broad (8:2); antennomeres in following proportions: 11:6:8:8:7:8:8:8:7:11. Head dull, reticulate rugose; frontal line complete; occipital carina complete; POL = 5; OL = 3.5; OOL = 6; OPL = 3; TL = 5; greatest breadth of posterior ocellus about as long as OPL. Mesoscutum dull, completely granulate. Notauli complete and posteriorly separated; minimum distance between notauli longer than greatest breadth of posterior ocellus (8:3). Notauli of paratype hardly visible. Mesoscutellum shiny, finely punctate, unsculptured among punctures. Metanotum unsculptured, shiny. Metapectal-propodeal disc and propodeal declivity reticulate rugose, without longitudinal and transverse keels. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein about as long as proximal part. Petiole short. Genitalia in Fig. 108A . Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♀. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♂ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Hantam National Botanical Garden, 31°24.845’S 19°09.443’E, 787 m, 27.X.2009 – 9.II.2010, MT, Nieuwoudtville Dolerite, Koppie Renosterveld, S. van Noort leg., SAM-HYM-A 022248 ( SAMC) . Paratype: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape, West Coast Fossil Park , 32°58.020’S 18°07.285’E, 3 km 280° E Langebaanweg, 23–30.X.2002, MT, rehabilitated mine dump, S. van Noort leg., SAM-HYM-A023974 , 1♂ ( SAMC) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa.

Etymology. The specific name granulatus refers to the sculpture of the mesoscutum (granulate).

Figures

FIGURE 104. Habitus of Bocchus species. A: B. forestalis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♂ holotype in dorsal view; head vertex sculpture. B–D: B. granulatus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♂ holotype: habitus in dorsal (B) and lateral (C) view; head and mesosoma in dorsal view (D). E: B. harinhalai Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♂ holotype in dorsal view; head vertex sculpture. F: B. hova Olmi, ♂ holotype in dorsal view. Scale bar: A: 3.0 mm; D: 0.88 mm; F: 1.62 mm.

FIGURE 108. ♂ genitalia of Bocchus species. A: B. granulatus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., holotype. B: B. harin- halai Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., holotype. C: B. hova Olmi, ♂ from Madagascar, 21°15.99’S 47°25.21’E. D: B. hyalinus Olmi, ♂ from Oman, Al-Uyaina-Samail. E: B. incompletus Olmi, holotype. F: B. irwini Olmi & Guglielmino, paratype. Scale bar: A: 0.09 mm; B, D: 0.13 mm; C: 0.06 mm; E: 0.07 mm; F: 0.17 mm.