Gonatopus turneri (Benoit, 1951)

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 548-549

123. Gonatopus turneri (Benoit, 1951)

( Fig. 241B )

Dicondylus turneri Benoit 1951b: 158 .

Gonatopus turneri (Benoit) : Olmi 1984: 1637; 2006: 51; 2009b: 460; Azevedo et al. 2010: 901.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 3.1–4.4 mm. Head yellow-reddish or brown-reddish; antenna yellow-red- dish; occasionally antennomere 10 brown; mesosoma yellow-reddish or brown-reddish; occasionally mesosoma brown, except mesoscutum and metanotum reddish; petiole black; metasoma brownish; legs yellow-reddish, except meso- and metatibia and both extremities of coxae brown. Head excavated, shiny, unsculptured, except anterior and lateral regions of frons and occiput granulate; POL = 5; OL = 6; OOL = 22. Palpal formula 6/3. Pronotum crossed by strong transverse impression, shiny, unsculptured. Mesoscutum dull, with two pointed apophyses laterally. Metanotum flat, transversely striate, excavated behind mesoscutellum. Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, unsculptured; propodeal declivity transversely striate. Mesopleuron and metapleuron transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture distinct and complete. Protarsomere 1 slightly shorter than 4 (14:16). Enlarged claw ( Fig. 241B ) with one small subapical tooth and 5–6 peg-like setae. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 241B ) with inner side proximally serrate or not serrate, with two rows of 3–5 (proximal) + 17–20 lamellae; apex with at least 10–17 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Port St. Johns , IX.1923, R.E. Turner leg. ( NHMUK) . Paratypes: SOUTH AFRICA: same locality label as holotype, VIII.1923, 1 ♀ ( MRAC); same lo- cality label as holotype, XI.1923, 1 ♀ ( MRAC); same locality label, I.1924, 1 ♀ ( MRAC); same locality label as holotype, III.1924, 2 ♀♀ ( NHMUK); same locality label as holotype, 15–31.VIII.1923 , 1♀ ( NHMUK); KwaZulu- Natal, near Durban, Kloof , 1500 ft., VIII.1926, 1 ♀ ( NHMUK). Other material: BOTSWANA: Serowe, Farmer’s Brigade , 1♀ ( USNM). GABON: Ogoové-Maritime Province, Reserve des Monts Doudou , 25.2 km 304° NW Dous- sala, 2°13.63’S 10°23.67’E, 660 m, 15.III.2000, sweep, coastal lowland rainforest, low canopy in forest, S. van Noort leg. , 1♀ ( SAMC). MADAGASCAR: Toliara, Andohahela National Park, Ambohibory Forest , 1.7 km 61° ENE of Tsimelahy, 36.1 km 308° NW of Tolagnaro, 24°55.48’S 46°38.44’E, 300 m, 16–20.I.2002, beating low vegetation, tropical dry forest, Fisher, Griswold et al. leg., BLF 4918 , 1♀ ( CAS). SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Kat- berg, 4000 ft., 14–26.XI.1932, R.E. Turner leg. , 1♀ ( NHMUK); Eastern Cape, Grahamstown , 1♀ ( SANC); Western Cape, Worcester , 17–31.VIII.1928, R.E. Turner leg. , 1♀ ( NHMUK); Western Cape, Cape Town, Milnerton , I.1926, R.E. Turner leg. , 1♀ ( NHMUK); Western Cape, Matjesfontein , 19–31.XII.1928, R.E. Turner leg. , 1♀ ( NHMUK); Western Cape, Ceres , I.1925, II.1925, R.E. Turner leg. , 2♀♀ ( NHMUK); same locality label , 1♀ ( AMNH); Western Cape, Cape Town, SE of Table Mt., Newlands Forest , 33°58’S 18°28’E, indigenous forest, 4.IV.2001 , 1♀ ( CAS); Western Cape, Walker Bay Nature Reserve , 34°27.41’S 19°21.39’E, 24.I–21.II.1998, YPT, S. van Noort & B. Fisher leg. , 1♀ ( SAMC); Western Cape, Koeberg Nature Reserve , 33°37.62’S 18°24.26’E. 20.III–19.IV.1998, YPT, S. van Noort leg. , 1♀ ( SAMC); same locality label, 23.I–20.II.1998, YPT, S. van Noort leg. , 3♀♀ ( SAMC) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Botswana, Gabon, Madagascar, South Africa.

Figures

FIGURE 241. Chelae of Gonatopus species holotypes. A: G. tulearensis Olmi. B: G. turneri (Benoit). C: G. upembanus Olmi. D: G. wikstrandae Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov. E: G. zambianus Olmi. Scale bar: A, B: 0.07 mm; C, E: 0.12 mm; D: 0.09 mm.