Gonatopus capensis Brues, 1906

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 492

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Gonatopus capensis Brues, 1906
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68. Gonatopus capensis Brues, 1906

( Figs 210A, B View FIGURE 210 )

Gonatopus capensis Brues 1906: 105 ; Olmi 1984: 1601; 1998c: 71; 2006: 48; Guglielmino & Olmi 2006: 48.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 5.1–5.6 mm. Head brown; antenna reddish; mesosoma and metasoma black; legs reddish, except coxae black and clubs of femora brown. Head excavated, shiny, granulate, bare; POL = 5; OL = 10; OOL = 25. Palpal formula 6/3. Pronotum crossed by strong transverse impression, granulate, bare. Mesoscutum bare, with two lateral pointed apophyses. Metanotum transversely striate. Metapectal-propodeal disc granulate, with or without longitudinal striae; propodeal declivity strongly transversely striate. Mesopleuron and metapleuron trans- versely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 17:4:7:30:42. Enlarged claw ( Figs 210A, B View FIGURE 210 ) with one small subapical tooth and eight small lamellae in addition to one bristle. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 210A View FIGURE 210 ) with inner side proximally serrate and two rows of 1 (proximal) + 23–25 lamellae; apex with at least 6–10 lamellae. In specimen from Mozambique, Praia do Bilene, protarsomere 5 with two rows o 5 (proximal) + 13 lamellae ( Fig. 210B View FIGURE 210 ). Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Willowmore ( MCPM). Other mate- rial: GAMBIA: Bakau, 1♀ (AMNH). MOZAMBIQUE: Gaza Prov., Praia do Bilene airport, reared from Hecalus dubius Melichar, M. Olmi reared, 1♀ (AMNH). SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Willowmore, 13 km from Ful- lerton, 3.X.1971, C. Jacot–Guillarmod leg., 1♀ (AMG); Eastern Cape, Grahamstown, Strowan, 4.XII.1966, A. Ja- cot–Guillarmod leg., 1♀ (AMG); Western Cape, Worcester, I.1929, R.E. Turner leg., 1♀ (NHMUK); Western Cape, Little Karoo, 38 mi E of Ceres, 17–25.XI.1924, R.E. Turner leg., 1♀ (NHMUK).

Hosts. Cicadellidae (Guglielmino et al. 2013): in Mozambique: Hecalus dubius Melichar.

Distribution. Gambia, Mozambique, South Africa.

MCPM

USA, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Milwaukee City Public Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Dryinidae

Genus

Gonatopus

Loc

Gonatopus capensis Brues, 1906

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

Gonatopus capensis

Guglielmino, A. & Olmi, M. 2006: 48
Olmi, M. 1998: 71
Olmi, M. 1984: 1601
Brues, C. T. 1906: 105
1906
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