Gonatopus operosus Olmi

Olmi, Massimo, van Noort, Simon & Guglielmino, Adalgisa, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of Afrotropical Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera), with description of new species from Central African Republic and Uganda, ZooKeys 578, pp. 45-95 : 82

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Dryinidae

Gonatopus operosus Olmi

Gonatopus opacus Olmi, 1984: 1634 (preoccupied).

Gonatopus operosus Olmi, 1993: 80 (new name).

Material examined.

Published record. Olmi (1984): UGANDA: CENTRAL REGION, Mukono district: Kyagwe (= Kyagur: mistake in original description) [00°25'00"N, 032°50'00"E], XI.1938, T.H.C. Taylor leg., ♀ holotype (BMNH). New records. CAMEROON: SOUTH-WEST REGION: 6 mi. S Kumba, 180 m, 1♀ (AMNH). SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape: Die Dam, 24.II.2006, M. Olmi reared ex Caffrolix cyclopia (Cogan), 1♀ (MOLC). UGANDA: WESTERN REGION: Masindi District, Budongo Forest near Sonso, 01°45'N, 31°35'E, VI.1995, Th. Wagner leg., 1♀ (CNCI).

Hosts.

Cicadellidae ( Guglielmino et al. 2013): in South Africa: Caffrolix cyclopia (Cogan).

Distribution.

Recorded from Uganda ( Guglielmino and Olmi 2007; Olmi 1984). Newly recorded from Cameroon and South Africa here.