Gonatopus comorensis 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 : 425-426

publication ID

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

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E987E2-FE07-2BE1-FF3E-D3D6FB03FA5A

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scientific name

Gonatopus comorensis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort
status

sp. nov.

6. Gonatopus comorensis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort , sp. nov.

( Figs 169C View FIGURE 169 , 170 View FIGURE 170 , 171E View FIGURE 171 , 172A View FIGURE 172 )

Diagnosis. Apterous ♀ of Gonatopus with palpal formula 3/2; pronotum crossed by strong transverse furrow; metanotum with lateral pointed protrusions ( Fig. 169C View FIGURE 169 ); meso-metapleural suture obsolete.

Description. ♀ ( Fig. 169C View FIGURE 169 , 170 View FIGURE 170 ). Apterous; body length 4.4 mm. Completely testaceous-ferruginous, except antennomeres 3–10 brown, posterior margin of mesoscutellum and petiole black. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 10:6:16:9:8:7:6:6:5:10. ADOs present in antennomeres 6–10. Head ( Fig. 170D View FIGURE 170 ) shiny, unsculptured; frontal line complete; occipital carina very short, only present behind ocellar triangle; POL = 1; OL = 2; OOL = 8. Palpal formula 3/2. Pronotum shiny, bare, unsculptured, crossed by strong transverse furrow ( Fig. 170C View FIGURE 170 ). Mesoscutum shiny, sculptured by few longitudinal keels, without lateral pointed apophyses. Mesoscutellum shiny, unsculptured. Metanotum flat, sculptured by transverse keels, about coplanar to mesoscutellum ( Fig. 171E View FIGURE 171 ), with lateral pointed protrusions ( Figs 169C View FIGURE 169 , 170B View FIGURE 170 ). Metapectal-propodeal disc ( Fig. 169C View FIGURE 169 ) shiny, unsculptured, with track of median longitudinal furrow; propodeal declivity, mesopleuron and metapleuron strongly transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 16:3:6:15:26. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 172A View FIGURE 172 ) with one large subapical tooth and one row of seven lamellae + one bristle. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 172A View FIGURE 172 ) with two rows of 16 lamellae; apex with about 12 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype (CASTYPE19462): UNION OF THE COMOROS: Nzwani (= Anjo- uan) Island, Mount Ntringui , 12.19641°S 44.41791°E, 550 m, 29.I.2009, rainforest, B.L. Fisher et al., BLF21326 ( CAS) GoogleMaps .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Union of the Comoros.

Etymology. The species is named comorensis after the collection site in the Comoros Islands.

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Dryinidae

Genus

Gonatopus

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