Gonatopus taylori Olmi, 1984

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 545

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Gonatopus taylori Olmi, 1984
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119. Gonatopus taylori Olmi, 1984

( Figs 238D View FIGURE 238 , 240F View FIGURE 240 )

Gonatopus taylori Olmi 1984: 1628 ; 2006: 51; Olmi et al. 2015: 365; 2016: 84.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 4.1–4.4 mm. Head black, except mandible, clypeus and malar space yellow; antenna brown, except antennomeres 4–7 yellow; mesosoma black, with reddish nuances on disc and lateral regions of pronotum; metasoma black; legs brown-yellow. In specimen from Ethiopia, Ambo, head black, except mandible and lateral margins of clypeus testaceous; mesosoma totally black, except lateral regions of pronotum partly testaceous. Head excavated, shiny, unsculptured, except occiput and anterior region of frons slightly rugose and granulate; POL = 6; OL = 6; OOL = 25. Palpal formula 6/3. Pronotum crossed by strong transverse impression, shiny, unsculptured, except lateral regions of collar and disc granulate and sculptured by longitudinal keels. Mesoscutum shiny, with many longitudinal keels, without lateral pointed apophyses. Mesoscutellum shiny, unsculptured. Metanotum shiny, not transversely striate, hollow behind mesoscutellum. Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, unsculptured; propodeal declivity transversely striate. Mesopleuron transversely striate and with lateral pointed protrusion ( Fig. 240F View FIGURE 240 ). Metapleuron transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture distinct and complete. Protarsomere 1 as long as 4. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 238D View FIGURE 238 ) with one small subapical tooth and 2–6 peg-like setae or bristles. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 238D View FIGURE 238 ) with inner side proximally not serrate and one row of 17 lamellae, or two rows of 3–4 (proximal) + 18–30 lamellae; apex with at least 8–20 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ holotype: UGANDA: Eastern Region, Sironko District, Bugusege (= Bugusaga , misspelt in Olmi 1984) [01°07’20”N, 034°15’55”E], XI.1938, T.H.C. Taylor leg. ( NHMUK) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: KENYA: Eastern Prov., Kibwezi , 30.XII.1959, E.S. Ross leg. , 1♀ ( CAS). SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Port St. Johns , XI.1923, R.E. Turner leg. , 1♀ ( NHMUK). UGANDA: Central Region, Mubende District, Namutamba , 9.VII.1940, T.H.C. Taylor leg. , 1♀ ( NHMUK); Eastern Region, Mayuge district, Bugota [00°20’00”N, 033°37’00”E] GoogleMaps , 1♀ ( AMNH). Other material: BOTSWANA: Serowe, Farmer’s Brigade , 1♀ ( USNM). ETHIOPIA: Shoa Province, 95 km W Addis Ababa, Ambo, near Plant Protection Research Institute , 2400–2500 m, 14.V.1990, A. Emel’yanov leg. , 1♀ ( ZISP). SOUTH AFRICA: Limpopo, Naboomspruit, Nylsvley Nature Reserve , 1100 m, 9.IV.1976, Sa- vanna Ecosystem Research Project, C.S.I.R., Habitat S. pungens , series No 2893, E. Holm, F. Kirsten & C. Scholtz leg. , SAM-HYM-PO21007, 1♀ ( SAMC); Limpopo, near Waterpoort, Rochdale Farm , 22°53’S 29°42’E, 780 m, 28–31.XII.1999, swept off herbaceous shrubs and grass under tree canopy, M. Stiller leg. GoogleMaps , 1♀ ( SANC) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

ZISP

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

SAMC

Iziko Museums of Cape Town

SANC

Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Dryinidae

Genus

Gonatopus

Loc

Gonatopus taylori Olmi, 1984

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

Gonatopus taylori

Olmi, M. 1984: 1628
1984
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