Gonatopus meridionalis ( Benoit, 1954 )

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 518-519

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Gonatopus meridionalis ( Benoit, 1954 )
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96. Gonatopus meridionalis ( Benoit, 1954)

( Fig. 233B View FIGURE 233 )

Rhynchogonatopus meridionalis Benoit 1954: 391 .

Gonatopus meridionalis (Benoit) : Olmi 1984: 1590; 1994c: 11; 2006: 50; 2009b: 460; Azevedo et al. 2010: 897; Olmi et al. 2015: 365.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 2.2–2.7 mm. Head black, except mandible and clypeus yellow; occasion- ally anterior region of frons testaceous; antenna brown; mesosoma black; metasoma black; legs black, except tarsi brown. Head flat, shiny, bare, granulate; frontal line complete; POL = 2.5; OL = 1.5; OOL = 7. Palpal formula 3/2 or 4/2. Pronotum shiny, slightly granulate, crossed by strong transverse impression. Mesoscutum dull, granulate, with some longitudinal keels, without lateral pointed apophyses. Metanotum dull, slightly transversely striate, with sides protruding; lateral protrusions of metanotum rounded. Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, granulate; propodeal declivity, mesopleuron and metapleuron not or slightly transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Protarsomere 1 approximately twice as long as 4 (13:6). Enlarged claw ( Fig. 233B View FIGURE 233 ) with one small subapical tooth and one row of 3–5 peg-like setae. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 233B View FIGURE 233 ) with inner side proximally not serrate, with two rows of 13–15 usually small lamellae; apex with approximately 4–9 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ holotype: MADAGASCAR: Toliara, Esira, IX.1940, A. Seyrig leg. ( MNHN). Paratypes: MADAGASCAR: Toliara, Bekily, V.1939, A. Seyrig leg., 1♀ ( MNHN), Toliara, Behara, IX.1940, A. Seyrig leg., 1♀ ( MRAC). Other material: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: North Kivu, Rutshuru, 1♀ ( MRAC). ETHIOPIA: Shoa Province, 95 km W Addis Ababa, Ambo, near Plant Protection Research Institute, 2400–2500 m, 27.V.1990, 22.VII.1990, A. Emel’yanov leg., 2♀♀ ( ZISP). KENYA: Central Prov., Gatamayu For- est, 00°58.68’S 36°41.62’E, near fishing camp, 20–30.I.1999, MT, R. Copeland leg., 1♀ ( NMK); Central Prov., Nairobi, ICIPE Research Station, 01°17’S 36°49’E, 24.V.2001, sweeping tall grass, M. Stiller leg., 2♀♀ ( SANC). MADAGASCAR: Toamasina, Rogez, 1♀ ( MRAC); Toliara, Bekily, V.1939, A. Seyrig leg., 1♀ ( MRAC); Toliara, 12 km NW Amboasary, Berenty, 1♀ ( AMNH); Toliara, Berenty Special Reserve, 8 km NW Amboasary, 25°01.26’S 46°18.33’E, 35 m, 7–17.X.2004, MT, spiny forest, M. Irwin, F. Parker, R. Harin’Hala leg., MA-02-22A-28, 1♀ ( CAS). RWANDA: Kisenyi, 2♀♀ ( AMNH, MRAC). SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Somerset East, X.1930, R.E. Turner leg., 16♀♀ ( NHMUK); Eastern Cape, Katberg, 15–30.I.1933, R. E. Turner leg., 1♀ ( NHMUK); Gauteng, Pretoria, National Botanical Gardens, 1♀ ( AMNH); KwaZulu-Natal, Eshowe, 1–22.IV.1926, VI.1926, R.E. Turner leg., 2♀♀ ( NHMUK); KwaZulu-Natal, Eshowe, near Ntumeni N. Res., 28°52.08’S 31°22.41’E, 680 m, 26–28.X.2007, YPT, Kolyada & Mostovski leg., 1♀ ( NMSA); KwaZulu-Natal, Louwsberg, iGwala Gwala, 27°34’S 31°17.9’E, 1090 m, 2–3.VI.2005, YPT, Mostovski leg., 1♀ ( NMSA); KwaZulu-Natal, Karkloof, 29°19.1’S 30°15.5’E, 1325 m, 22.I–6.II.2007, YPT, Kolyada & Mostovski leg., 3♀♀ ( NMSA); KwaZulu-Natal, Cathedral Peak Nature Reserve, Rainbow Gorge, 28°57.60’S 29°13.61’E, 1480 m, 3–15.XII.2005, MT, M. Mostovski leg., 1♀ ( NMSA); Limpopo, Klaserie Nature Reserve, 1♀ ( PMA); Limpopo, Thabazimbi and vicinity, 24°35’S 27°22’E, 2.IV.2000, swept off Hyparrhenia sp. ( Poaceae ), M. Stiller leg., 1♀ ( SANC); same locality label, 2.IV.2000, swept off grass, open and under tree canopy, ungrazed/unburnt, 1♀ ( SANC); Western Cape, 25 km N Prince Albert, Kat River Crossing, 33°05’39’’S 21°49’59’’E, 500 m, MT, damp wsh, 3–24.X.2004, M.E. Irwin, F.D. Parker & M. Hauser leg., 1♀ ( UCFC).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, South Africa.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

MRAC

Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale

ZISP

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

NMK

National Museums of Kenya

SANC

Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

NMSA

KwaZulu-Natal Museum

PMA

Provincial Museum of Alberta

UCFC

University of Central Florida

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Dryinidae

Genus

Gonatopus

Loc

Gonatopus meridionalis ( Benoit, 1954 )

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

Gonatopus meridionalis

Azevedo, C. O. & Madl, M. & Olmi, M. 2010: 897
Olmi, M. 1994: 11
Olmi, M. 1984: 1590
1984
Loc

Rhynchogonatopus meridionalis

Benoit, P. L. G. 1954: 391
1954
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