Gonatopus minutus 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 : 519-520

publication ID

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

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E987E2-FDA9-284F-FF3E-D7F7FAC2FDB8

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Plazi

scientific name

Gonatopus minutus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort
status

sp. nov.

97. Gonatopus minutus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort , sp. nov.

( Figs 221 View FIGURE 221 , 228B View FIGURE 228 , 233C View FIGURE 233 )

Diagnosis. Apterous ♀ of Gonatopus with body small (1.9 mm), totally yellow-testaceous, except petiole black ( Fig. 228B View FIGURE 228 ); palpal formula 5/3; pronotum crossed by strong transverse furrow; mesoscutum less than 3 × as long as broad, with two lateral pointed prominences; meso-metapleural suture obsolete; protarsomere 1 as long as 4; enlarged claw ( Fig. 233C View FIGURE 233 ) with one small subapical tooth; protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 233C View FIGURE 233 ) with two rows of lamellae situated in distal half.

Description. ♀ ( Figs 221 View FIGURE 221 , 228B View FIGURE 228 ). Apterous; body length 1.9 mm. Totally yellow-testaceous, except petiole black and antenna brown, except scape and pedicel testaceous and flagellomeres 7–8 whitish. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 8:3:7:4:3:3:4:3:2:4. Head ( Fig. 221A, D View FIGURE 221 ) slightly excavated, shiny, unsculptured; frontal line complete; occipital carina absent; POL = 1; OL = 1; OOL = 4.5. Palpal formula 5/3. Pronotum crossed by strong transverse impression, shiny, unsculptured. Mesoscutum shiny, unsculptured, laterally with two small pointed apophyses ( Fig. 228B View FIGURE 228 ). Mesoscutellum shiny, unsculptured, almost flat. Metanotum short, unsculp- tured, about coplanar to mesoscutellum ( Figs 221B View FIGURE 221 ). Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, unsculptured; propodeal declivity transversely striate. Mesopleuron and metapleuron shiny, unsculptured. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 8:2:3:8:13. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 233C View FIGURE 233 ) with one small subapical tooth and two peg-like setae. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 233C View FIGURE 233 ) with two rows of 3 + 11 lamellae situated in distal half; apex with approximately nine lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype (CASTYPE19466): MADAGASCAR: Toliara, Lake Ranobe , 23°02.21’S 43°36.42’E, 30 m, 25–28.IV.2003, sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), spiny forest thicket, MGF064 , Frontier Wilderness Project (CAS).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Madagascar.

Etymology. The name of the species derives from the Latin adjective minutus, meaning very small.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Dryinidae

Genus

Gonatopus

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