Gonatopus, Ljungh, 1810

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 440

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

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E987E2-FE18-2BFF-FF3E-D4FBFA7DF972

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scientific name

Gonatopus
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Afrotropical Gonatopus View in CoL View at ENA Group 3: key to the ♀♀

1. Enlarged claw with apex very broad ( Fig. 179D View FIGURE 179 )................................................ G. fuscus (Olmi)

- Enlarged claw with apex tapering, not broad ( Figs 179A, B View FIGURE 179 )................................................... 2

2. Metapectal-propodeal disc with strong median longitudinal furrow ( Fig. 178A View FIGURE 178 ).................................... 3

- Metapectal-propodeal disc without strong median longitudinal furrow ( Figs 178B View FIGURE 178 , 186B View FIGURE 186 )........................... 4

3. Metanotum weakly excavated behind mesoscutellum ( Fig. 180A View FIGURE 180 )............................. G. acuminatus (Olmi)

- Metanotum deeply excavated behind mesoscutellum ( Fig. 180H View FIGURE 180 )................................... G. nicator Olmi

4. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete (at most slightly visible in posterior half)...................................... 5

- Meso-metapleural suture distinct and complete............................................................. 6

5. Metapectal-propodeal disc fusiform; metanotum not protruding laterally, without lateral pointed or rounded protrusion.............................................................................................. G. ruber Olmi

- Metanotum with two lateral pointed protrusions ( Fig. 180G View FIGURE 180 )................................... G. madecassus Olmi

6. Mesoscutum without two lateral pointed protrusions ( Fig. 183A View FIGURE 183 ); occasionally with three very small pointed protrusions corresponding to three carinae located on lateral regions of mesoscutum ( Fig. 183E View FIGURE 183 ).................................. 7

- Mesoscutum with two strong lateral pointed protrusions ( Fig. 178B View FIGURE 178 )........................................... 10

7. Enlarged claw with subdistal tooth located very close to most distal lamella (see Fig. 187B View FIGURE 187 )....................................................................................... G. scholtzi Olmi, Copeland & van Noort , sp. nov.

- Enlarged claw with subdistal tooth located very far from most distal lamella (see Figs 179C View FIGURE 179 , 182F View FIGURE 182 ).................... 8

8. Metanotum laterally rounded ( Fig. 183A View FIGURE 183 )......................... G. robertsoni Olmi, Copeland & van Noort , sp. nov.

- Metanotum laterally with two slightly pointed protrusions ( Figs 180B View FIGURE 180 , 183E View FIGURE 183 )..................................... 9

9. Mesosoma testaceous-reddish................................................................ G. ceres (Olmi)

- Mesosoma mostly black, except mesoscutum mostly yellow, metanotum brown and posterior apex of propodeal declivity yellow................................................................... G. schwarzorum Guglielmino & Olmi

10. Metapectal-propodeal disc fusiform; metanotum not protruding laterally, without lateral pointed or rounded protrusions ( Fig. 180E View FIGURE 180 )............................................................................................. 11

- Metanotum with two lateral pointed or rounded protrusions ( Figs 178B View FIGURE 178 , 186A, B View FIGURE 186 )................................ 12

11. Mesosoma completely black................................. G. hantamensis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort , sp. nov.

- Prothorax and mesoscutum testaceous, or brown-reddish; rest of mesosoma black, with distal extremity of propodeal declivity reddish................................................................................... G. cafer Olmi

12. Head with OL 2–3 × as long as POL; mesoscutum very slender, twice as long as broad (length calculated from the anterior margin to imaginary line joining two lateral pointed apophyses of mesoscutum) ( Fig. 178B View FIGURE 178 ).............. G. mixtus Olmi

- Head with OL less than twice as long as POL; mesoscutum less slender, about as long as broad (length calculated from anterior margin to imaginary line joining two lateral pointed apophyses of mesoscutum) ( Figs 186A, B View FIGURE 186 )...................... 13

13. Head shiny, unsculptured, except frontal line; apex of protarsomere 5 with less than 20 lamellae ( Fig. 182E View FIGURE 182 ) G. pluvialis Olmi

- Head dull, with many longitudinal striae on frons and many transverse striae on sides of ocelli; apex of protarsomere 5 with more than twenty lamellae ( Fig. 187A View FIGURE 187 )........................................................ G. ruvidus Olmi

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Dryinidae

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