Gonatopus mosseli Olmi, 1984

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 522-523

99. Gonatopus mosseli Olmi, 1984

( Figs 230B , 233E )

Gonatopus mosseli Olmi 1984: 1603 ; 2006: 50.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 3.1 mm. Completely ferruginous, except petiole black. Antenna clavate. Head ( Fig. 230B ) almost flat, shiny, unsculptured or slightly granulate; temple very prominent; POL = 4; OL = 6; OOL = 19. Palpal formula 4/2. Pronotum crossed by strong transverse impression, shiny, unsculptured. Mesoscutum shiny, with some longitudinal keels, without lateral pointed apophyses. Metanotum shiny, transversely striate, about coplanar to mesoscutellum. Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, unsculptured; propodeal declivity transversely striate. Mesopleuron not transversely striate. Metapleuron transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Protarsomere 1 slightly shorter than 4 (10:11). Enlarged claw ( Fig. 233E ) with one small subapical tooth and six lamellae, in addition to one bristle. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 233E ) with inner side proximally serrate and one row of approximately 16 lamellae; apex with approximately 15 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape, Mossel Bay , V.1928, R.E. Turner leg. ( NHMUK).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa.

Remarks. Based on the presence of the track of the transverse furrow on the pronotum, G. yemenensis (group 6) can be included in group 7, where it is similar to Gonatopus mosseli Olmi 1984. However, the subapical tooth of the enlarged claw of G. yemenensis is farther from the apex ( Fig. 203F ) than it is in G. mosseli ( Fig. 233E ).

Figures

FIGURE 203. Gonatopus species, group 6. A–C, E: G. zairensis (Olmi), ♀ holotype: head in frontal view (A); mesosoma in dorsal (B) and lateral (C) view; chela (E). D: G. vulgaris Olmi, ♀ holotype: chela. F: G. yemenensis Olmi & van Harten, ♀ holotype: chela. Scale bar: A: 0.21 mm; B, C: 0.72 mm; D, E: 0.05 mm; F: 0.09 mm.

FIGURE 230. Gonatopus species.A: G. mirus Olmi & van Harten, ♀ holotype: mesosoma in lateral view. B: G. mosseli Olmi, ♀ holotype: head in dorsal view. C, D: G. nigropictus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♀ holotype: mesosoma in dorsal (C) and lateral (D) view.E–G: G. okahandjae Olmi: head of ♀ from Namibia, 27.6 km S Omaruru, in frontal view (E); mesos- cutum + mesoscutellum + metapectal-propodeal disc + propodeal declivity of ♀ holotype in dorsal (F) and lateral (G) view. H: G. pilosipes Brues, ♀ holotype: head in frontal view. I: G. ranomafanensis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♀ holotype: mesoscutum + mesoscutellum + metapectal-propodeal disc + propodeal declivity in dorsal view. Scale bar:A: 1.23 mm; B: 0.31 mm; C, D: 0.98 mm; E: 0.24 mm; F, G, I: 0.78 mm; H: 0.47 mm.

FIGURE 233. Chelae of Gonatopus species holotypes. A: G. masoalensis Olmi. B: G. meridionalis (Benoit). C: G. minutus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov. D: G. mirus Olmi & van Harten. E: G. mosseli Olmi. Scale bar: A, B: 0.06 mm; B: 0.05 mm; C, D: 0.07 mm.