Haplogonatopus katangae (Benoit, 1950)

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 563

1. Haplogonatopus katangae (Benoit, 1950)

( Figs 248C, D )

Congodryinus katangae Benoit 1950b: 223 .

Haplogonatopus katangae (Benoit) : Olmi 1984: 1415; 1992: 110; 1994c: 11; 2006: 44; Guglielmino & Olmi 2006: 44; 2007: 124; Azevedo et al. 2010: 901.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 2.0– 2.2 mm. Head brown, except anterior region of frons, clypeus and mandible testaceous; antenna testaceous, except antennomeres 4–10 darkened (in specimens from South Africa, Rocher Pan Nature Reserve, antenna brown, except scape and pedicel testaceous and flagellomere 8 partly yellowwhitish); mesosoma brown-testaceous (in specimens from South Africa, Rocher Pan Nature Reserve, mesosoma mostly brown, except mesoscutum partly or completely yellow and apex of propodeal declivity testaceous); metasoma brown; in ♀ from South Africa, 29°56.086’S 29°26.721’E, mesoscutellum and metapectal-propodeal disc black, except distal extremity of propodeal declivity testaceous; legs testaceous-brown; in specimens from South Africa, Rocher Pan Nature Reserve, legs mostly brown. Antennae clavate; antennomeres in the following proportions: 5:4:6:3:3:3:3:3:3:5.5. Head excavated, granulate; frontal line complete; occipital carina incomplete, present behind and shortly on sides of lateral ocelli; POL = 1; OL = 1; OOL = 4.5. Palpal formula 2/1. Pronotum shiny, unsculptured, not crossed by strong transverse impression. Mesoscutum shiny, unsculptured. Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, unsculptured; propodeal declivity, meso- and metapleuron transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Protarsomeres of holotype in following proportions: 10:1.5:3:6:11. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 248C ) with one subapical tooth and one row of four lamellae. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 248C ) with two rows of seven lamellae; apex with three lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Fully winged; body length 2.0– 2.3 mm.Head black, except mandible yellow; antenna brown; mesosoma black; metasoma brown; legs testaceous.Antenna filiform; antennomeres in following proportions:7:5:10:10:9:10:9:9:9:11. Head shiny, setose, slightly granulate; frontal line absent; occipital carina absent; POL = 8; OL = 3; OOL = 5; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli slightly longer than OL (3.5:3); temple distinct; occiput concave. Palpal formula 2/1. Mesoscutum setose, shiny, slightly granulate. Notauli complete, posteriorly joint. Mesoscutellum and metanotum shiny, slightly punctate. Metapectal-propodeal disc reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity reticulate rugose, without longitudinal keels. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein much longer than proximal part. Dorsal process of paramere ( Fig. 248D ) long, slender, with apex serrate, not distally broadened. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Material examined. Type: ♂ holotype: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Haut-Katanga, Lubumbashi (= Elisabethville), II.1940, H.J. Brédo leg. ( MRAC). Other material: MADAGASCAR: Toliara, 60 km NE of Morondava, Bereboka, 1♀ ( AMNH). NIGER: Maradi, Tarna goulbin, 22–25.IX.1985, G.J. Steck leg., 3♂♂ (2 in TAMU, 1 in AMNH). SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Port St. Johns, along the road from first to sec- ond beach, picnic area, C. 17.IV.2007, B. 18.IV.2007; C. 17.IV.2007, B. 19.IV.2007, M. Olmi reared from nymphs of Falcotoya aglauros (Fennah) and Syndelphax capellana (Jacobi) , 2♀♀ ( MOLC, SAMC), 1♂ ( MOLC); Kwa- Zulu-Natal, Coleford Nature Reserve, 29°56.086’S 29°26.721’E, 2–10.XII.2001, winkler trap, H. Robertson D. et al. leg., 1♀ ( SAMC); Western Cape, near Velddrif, Rocher Pan Nature Reserve, M. Olmi reared from Falcotoya sporoboli (Lindberg) , C. 31.I.2003, B. 31.I.2003, Sf. 16.II.2003, 1♀, 1♂ ( MOLC); same locality label, C. 31.I.2003, B. 2.II.2003, Sf. 16.II.2003, 2♀♀, 3♂♂ ( MOLC); same locality label, 31.I.2003, B. 3.II.2003, Sf. 16.II.2003, 4♀♀, 2♂♂ ( MOLC); same locality label, 31.I.2003, B. 4.II.2003, Sf. 16.II.2003, 1♀, 2♂♂ ( MOLC); 31.I.2003, B. 6.II.2003, Sf. 16.II.2003, 1♀, 1♂ ( SAMC).

Hosts. Delphacidae ( Guglielmino et al. 2013) : in South Africa: Falcotoya aglauros (Fennah) , Falcotoya sporoboli (Lindberg) ; Syndelphax capellana (Jacobi) (= Syndelphax nigricaudata (Muir)) .

Distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Niger, South Africa.

Remarks. The record from China of Xu & He (1995) is erroneous; it is a specimen of Haplogonatopus apicalis Perkins.

Figures

FIGURE 248. A: chela of Gynochelys braunsi Brues: holotype. B: chela of Gynochelys namibiensis Olmi: holotype. C, D: Hap- logonatopus katangae (Benoit): chela of ♀ from Madagascar, Bereboka (C); genitalia of ♂ holotype (D). E: chela of Neodryinus antiquus Benoit. Scale bar: A: 0.09 mm; B: 0.07 mm; C: 0.06 mm; D: 0.11 mm; E: 0.14 mm.