Gonatopus danielssoni Olmi, 1998

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 456-457

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

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E987E2-FE68-2B80-FF3E-D15CFE1FFC4C

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scientific name

Gonatopus danielssoni Olmi, 1998
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36. Gonatopus danielssoni Olmi, 1998

( Figs 191B View FIGURE 191 , 192C, D View FIGURE 192 )

Gonatopus danielssoni Olmi 1998e: 95 ; 2006: 46.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 3.0– 3.4 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; clypeus testaceous, except darkened central area; antenna brown, except ventral side of scape whitish (in specimen from South Africa, Kogelberg Nature Reserve, antenna brown, except ventral side of scape and distal half of flagellomere 8 whitish); propleuron black; pronotum black, except lateral regions and posterior margin of disc testaceous-reddish; mesoscutum testaceous-reddish, except anterior third brown; rest of mesosoma black, except posterior extremity of propodeal declivity testaceous-reddish; metasoma black, except apex brown; legs brown. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 8:5:11:5:5:5:4:5:4.5:7. Head excavated, shiny, granulate; frontal line complete; occipital carina absent; POL = 1; OL = 1; OOL = 8. Palpal formula 6/3. Pronotum finely punctate, unsculptured among punctures or very slightly granulate, crossed by strong transverse impression. Mesoscutum without lateral pointed apophyses ( Fig. 192C View FIGURE 192 ). Mesoscutellum strongly sloping anteriorly. Metanotum excavated behind mesoscutellum ( Fig. 192D View FIGURE 192 ); sides of metanotum rounded. Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny and unsculptured; metapleuron and propodeal declivity transversely striate; mesopleuron granulate and not transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture distinct and complete. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 10:3:6:14:25. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 191B View FIGURE 191 ) with one large subdistal tooth and one row of 7–8 lamellae in addition to one bristle. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 191B View FIGURE 191 ) with two rows of 14–29 lamellae; apex very broad and with at least 25–50 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape, De Hoop Nature Reserve, 34°27’S 20°25’E, loc. 12, 10–13.X.1994, R. Danielsson leg. ( ZIL). Other material: SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape, Avontuur Farm, 16 km NW Nieuwoudtville, 31°16.249’S 19°02.900’E, 764 m, 27.VIII–27.X.2009, YPT, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos, S. van Noort leg., 1♀ ( SAMC); Western Cape, Kogelberg Nature Reserve, C. 17.I.2003, B. 29.I.2003, M. Olmi leg., reared from a nymph of an unidentified brachypterous species of Tropiduchidae feeding on Berzelia lanuginosa (Bruniaceae) in fynbos, M. Olmi reared, 1♀ ( MOLC).

Hosts. In South Africa: unidentified species of Tropiduchidae .

Distribution. South Africa.

ZIL

Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute

SAMC

Iziko Museums of Cape Town

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Dryinidae

Genus

Gonatopus

Loc

Gonatopus danielssoni Olmi, 1998

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

Gonatopus danielssoni

Olmi, M. 1998: 95
1998
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