Gonatopus turneri (Benoit, 1951)

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 548-549

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4630.1.1

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scientific name

Gonatopus turneri (Benoit, 1951)
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123. Gonatopus turneri (Benoit, 1951)

( Fig. 241B View FIGURE 241 )

Dicondylus turneri Benoit 1951b: 158 .

Gonatopus turneri (Benoit) : Olmi 1984: 1637; 2006: 51; 2009b: 460; Azevedo et al. 2010: 901.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 3.1–4.4 mm. Head yellow-reddish or brown-reddish; antenna yellow-red- dish; occasionally antennomere 10 brown; mesosoma yellow-reddish or brown-reddish; occasionally mesosoma brown, except mesoscutum and metanotum reddish; petiole black; metasoma brownish; legs yellow-reddish, except meso- and metatibia and both extremities of coxae brown. Head excavated, shiny, unsculptured, except anterior and lateral regions of frons and occiput granulate; POL = 5; OL = 6; OOL = 22. Palpal formula 6/3. Pronotum crossed by strong transverse impression, shiny, unsculptured. Mesoscutum dull, with two pointed apophyses laterally. Metanotum flat, transversely striate, excavated behind mesoscutellum. Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, unsculptured; propodeal declivity transversely striate. Mesopleuron and metapleuron transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture distinct and complete. Protarsomere 1 slightly shorter than 4 (14:16). Enlarged claw ( Fig. 241B View FIGURE 241 ) with one small subapical tooth and 5–6 peg-like setae. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 241B View FIGURE 241 ) with inner side proximally serrate or not serrate, with two rows of 3–5 (proximal) + 17–20 lamellae; apex with at least 10–17 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Port St. Johns , IX.1923, R.E. Turner leg. ( NHMUK) . Paratypes: SOUTH AFRICA: same locality label as holotype, VIII.1923, 1 ♀ ( MRAC); same lo- cality label as holotype, XI.1923, 1 ♀ ( MRAC); same locality label, I.1924, 1 ♀ ( MRAC); same locality label as holotype, III.1924, 2 ♀♀ ( NHMUK); same locality label as holotype, 15–31.VIII.1923 , 1♀ ( NHMUK); KwaZulu- Natal, near Durban, Kloof , 1500 ft., VIII.1926, 1 ♀ ( NHMUK). Other material: BOTSWANA: Serowe, Farmer’s Brigade , 1♀ ( USNM). GABON: Ogoové-Maritime Province, Reserve des Monts Doudou , 25.2 km 304° NW Dous- sala, 2°13.63’S 10°23.67’E, 660 m, 15.III.2000, sweep, coastal lowland rainforest, low canopy in forest, S. van Noort leg. GoogleMaps , 1♀ ( SAMC). MADAGASCAR: Toliara, Andohahela National Park, Ambohibory Forest , 1.7 km 61° ENE of Tsimelahy, 36.1 km 308° NW of Tolagnaro, 24°55.48’S 46°38.44’E, 300 m, 16–20.I.2002, beating low vegetation, tropical dry forest, Fisher, Griswold et al. leg., BLF 4918 GoogleMaps , 1♀ ( CAS). SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Kat- berg, 4000 ft., 14–26.XI.1932, R.E. Turner leg. , 1♀ ( NHMUK); Eastern Cape, Grahamstown , 1♀ ( SANC); Western Cape, Worcester , 17–31.VIII.1928, R.E. Turner leg. , 1♀ ( NHMUK); Western Cape, Cape Town, Milnerton , I.1926, R.E. Turner leg. , 1♀ ( NHMUK); Western Cape, Matjesfontein , 19–31.XII.1928, R.E. Turner leg. , 1♀ ( NHMUK); Western Cape, Ceres , I.1925, II.1925, R.E. Turner leg. , 2♀♀ ( NHMUK); same locality label , 1♀ ( AMNH); Western Cape, Cape Town, SE of Table Mt., Newlands Forest , 33°58’S 18°28’E, indigenous forest, 4.IV.2001 GoogleMaps , 1♀ ( CAS); Western Cape, Walker Bay Nature Reserve , 34°27.41’S 19°21.39’E, 24.I–21.II.1998, YPT, S. van Noort & B. Fisher leg. GoogleMaps , 1♀ ( SAMC); Western Cape, Koeberg Nature Reserve , 33°37.62’S 18°24.26’E. 20.III–19.IV.1998, YPT, S. van Noort leg. GoogleMaps , 1♀ ( SAMC); same locality label, 23.I–20.II.1998, YPT, S. van Noort leg. GoogleMaps , 3♀♀ ( SAMC) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Botswana, Gabon, Madagascar, South Africa.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

MRAC

Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

SAMC

Iziko Museums of Cape Town

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

SANC

Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Dryinidae

Genus

Gonatopus

Loc

Gonatopus turneri (Benoit, 1951)

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van 2019
2019
Loc

Gonatopus turneri

Azevedo, C. O. & Madl, M. & Olmi, M. 2010: 901
Olmi, M. 1984: 1637
1984
Loc

Dicondylus turneri

Benoit, P. L. G. 1951: 158
1951
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