Gonatopus afer ( Olmi, 1984 )

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 470-471

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

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Gonatopus afer ( Olmi, 1984 )
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49. Gonatopus afer ( Olmi, 1984)

( Figs 198 View FIGURE 198 D–G)

Tetrodontochelys afer Olmi 1984: 1458 .

Gonatopus afer (Olmi) : Olmi 1994c: 11; 2004a: 367; Guglielmino & Olmi 2006: 47; 2007: 126; Azevedo et al. 2010: 894.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 2.4–2.6 mm. Head brown-black, except mandible, clypeus and anterior re- gion of frons yellow; antenna brown, except scape yellow; pronotum brown-black, partly reddish; rest of mesosoma black; metasoma brown-black or black; legs yellow or yellow-brown, except clubs of femora, coxae and tibiae brown. Head ( Fig. 198D View FIGURE 198 ) excavated, shiny, granulate. Palpal formula 4/2. Pronotum ( Fig. 198F View FIGURE 198 ) shiny, granulate, not crossed by transverse impression or very slightly impressed. Mesoscutum granulate, with some longitudinal keels, without lateral pointes apophyses ( Fig. 198E View FIGURE 198 ). Metanotum not striate. Metapectal-propodeal disc dull, granulate, with track of median longitudinal furrrow; propodeal declivity, meso- and metapleuron not transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete or slightly distinct. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 9:2:3:9:16. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 198G View FIGURE 198 ) with one small subapical tooth and a 4–6 peg-like setae. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 198G View FIGURE 198 ) with one row of 17–20 lamellae; apex with at least nine lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ holotype: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Haut-Uele (= Haut- Zaire), Garamba National Park ( MRAC). Paratype: same locality label as holotype, 1♀ ( MRAC). Other material: ETHIOPIA: Shoa Province, 95 km W Addis Ababa, Ambo, near Plant Protection Research Institute, 2400–2500 m, 4.V.1990, A. Emel’yanov leg., 1♀ ( ZISP); same locality label, 25.V.1990, 2♀♀ ( ZISP); same locality label, 4.VI.1990, 1♀ ( MOLC). MADAGASCAR: Toamasina, Rogez, 1♀ ( MRAC). MOZAMBIQUE: Nampula Prov., Nampula, ex Exitianus frontalis (Distant) , C. 22.XI.1999, B. 25.XI.1999, Sf. 23.XII.1999, M. Olmi reared, 1♀ ( MOLC). SOUTH AFRICA: Free State, Royal Natal National Park, 11 km E of Park Gate along Road from R74 to Park, grass along the road, C. 9.IV.2007, B. 11.IV.2007, M. Olmi reared, 1♀ ( MOLC); Western Cape, Cederberg Mts., Algeria, 6.II.2006, M. Olmi reared ex Cicadulina theroni Van Rensburg , 2♀♀ ( MOLC, SAMC). TANZANIA: Mkomazi Game Reserve, Kisima Plot, 04°06.06’S 38°05.58’E, 25.XI–8.XII.1995, MT, Acacia / Commiphora bushland, SAM-HYM-PO16497, S. van Noort leg., 1♀ ( SAMC); Mkomazi Game Reserve, Kavateta Dam, 03°54.90’S 38°02.55’E, 16.IV.1996 sweep, mk22, grasses and shrubs in Acacia / Commiphora bushland, SAM-HYM-PO17442, S. van Noort leg., 1♀ ( SAMC).

Hosts. Cicadellidae ( Guglielmino et al. 2013) : in Mozambique: Exitianus frontalis (Distant) ; in South Africa: Cicadulina theroni Van Rensburg ; Exitianus taeniaticeps (Kirschbaum) ; Maiestas angustisecta (Linnavuori) .

Distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania.

MRAC

Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale

ZISP

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

SAMC

Iziko Museums of Cape Town

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Dryinidae

Genus

Gonatopus

Loc

Gonatopus afer ( Olmi, 1984 )

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

Gonatopus afer

Azevedo, C. O. & Madl, M. & Olmi, M. 2010: 894
Guglielmino, A. & Olmi, M. 2006: 47
Olmi, M. 2004: 367
Olmi, M. 1994: 11
1994
Loc

Tetrodontochelys afer

Olmi, M. 1984: 1458
1984
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