Gonatopus meridionalis ( Benoit, 1954 )

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 518-519

96. Gonatopus meridionalis ( Benoit, 1954)

( Fig. 233B )

Rhynchogonatopus meridionalis Benoit 1954: 391 .

Gonatopus meridionalis (Benoit) : Olmi 1984: 1590; 1994c: 11; 2006: 50; 2009b: 460; Azevedo et al. 2010: 897; Olmi et al. 2015: 365.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 2.2–2.7 mm. Head black, except mandible and clypeus yellow; occasion- ally anterior region of frons testaceous; antenna brown; mesosoma black; metasoma black; legs black, except tarsi brown. Head flat, shiny, bare, granulate; frontal line complete; POL = 2.5; OL = 1.5; OOL = 7. Palpal formula 3/2 or 4/2. Pronotum shiny, slightly granulate, crossed by strong transverse impression. Mesoscutum dull, granulate, with some longitudinal keels, without lateral pointed apophyses. Metanotum dull, slightly transversely striate, with sides protruding; lateral protrusions of metanotum rounded. Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, granulate; propodeal declivity, mesopleuron and metapleuron not or slightly transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Protarsomere 1 approximately twice as long as 4 (13:6). Enlarged claw ( Fig. 233B ) with one small subapical tooth and one row of 3–5 peg-like setae. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 233B ) with inner side proximally not serrate, with two rows of 13–15 usually small lamellae; apex with approximately 4–9 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ holotype: MADAGASCAR: Toliara, Esira, IX.1940, A. Seyrig leg. ( MNHN). Paratypes: MADAGASCAR: Toliara, Bekily, V.1939, A. Seyrig leg., 1♀ ( MNHN), Toliara, Behara, IX.1940, A. Seyrig leg., 1♀ ( MRAC). Other material: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: North Kivu, Rutshuru, 1♀ ( MRAC). ETHIOPIA: Shoa Province, 95 km W Addis Ababa, Ambo, near Plant Protection Research Institute, 2400–2500 m, 27.V.1990, 22.VII.1990, A. Emel’yanov leg., 2♀♀ ( ZISP). KENYA: Central Prov., Gatamayu For- est, 00°58.68’S 36°41.62’E, near fishing camp, 20–30.I.1999, MT, R. Copeland leg., 1♀ ( NMK); Central Prov., Nairobi, ICIPE Research Station, 01°17’S 36°49’E, 24.V.2001, sweeping tall grass, M. Stiller leg., 2♀♀ ( SANC). MADAGASCAR: Toamasina, Rogez, 1♀ ( MRAC); Toliara, Bekily, V.1939, A. Seyrig leg., 1♀ ( MRAC); Toliara, 12 km NW Amboasary, Berenty, 1♀ ( AMNH); Toliara, Berenty Special Reserve, 8 km NW Amboasary, 25°01.26’S 46°18.33’E, 35 m, 7–17.X.2004, MT, spiny forest, M. Irwin, F. Parker, R. Harin’Hala leg., MA-02-22A-28, 1♀ ( CAS). RWANDA: Kisenyi, 2♀♀ ( AMNH, MRAC). SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Somerset East, X.1930, R.E. Turner leg., 16♀♀ ( NHMUK); Eastern Cape, Katberg, 15–30.I.1933, R. E. Turner leg., 1♀ ( NHMUK); Gauteng, Pretoria, National Botanical Gardens, 1♀ ( AMNH); KwaZulu-Natal, Eshowe, 1–22.IV.1926, VI.1926, R.E. Turner leg., 2♀♀ ( NHMUK); KwaZulu-Natal, Eshowe, near Ntumeni N. Res., 28°52.08’S 31°22.41’E, 680 m, 26–28.X.2007, YPT, Kolyada & Mostovski leg., 1♀ ( NMSA); KwaZulu-Natal, Louwsberg, iGwala Gwala, 27°34’S 31°17.9’E, 1090 m, 2–3.VI.2005, YPT, Mostovski leg., 1♀ ( NMSA); KwaZulu-Natal, Karkloof, 29°19.1’S 30°15.5’E, 1325 m, 22.I–6.II.2007, YPT, Kolyada & Mostovski leg., 3♀♀ ( NMSA); KwaZulu-Natal, Cathedral Peak Nature Reserve, Rainbow Gorge, 28°57.60’S 29°13.61’E, 1480 m, 3–15.XII.2005, MT, M. Mostovski leg., 1♀ ( NMSA); Limpopo, Klaserie Nature Reserve, 1♀ ( PMA); Limpopo, Thabazimbi and vicinity, 24°35’S 27°22’E, 2.IV.2000, swept off Hyparrhenia sp. ( Poaceae ), M. Stiller leg., 1♀ ( SANC); same locality label, 2.IV.2000, swept off grass, open and under tree canopy, ungrazed/unburnt, 1♀ ( SANC); Western Cape, 25 km N Prince Albert, Kat River Crossing, 33°05’39’’S 21°49’59’’E, 500 m, MT, damp wsh, 3–24.X.2004, M.E. Irwin, F.D. Parker & M. Hauser leg., 1♀ ( UCFC).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, South Africa.

Figures

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.