Gonatopus polli (Benoit, 1951)

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 436-437

16. Gonatopus polli (Benoit, 1951)

( Figs 176B , 177A, B )

Pseudogonatopus polli Benoit 1951c: 8; Olmi 1984: 1226.

Gonatopus polli (Benoit): Olmi & van Harten 2000: 265; Olmi 2006: 45. Description. ♀ ( Figs 177A, B ). Apterous; body length 3.0– 3.6 mm. Completely yellow-reddish, except petiole black. Head excavated, shiny, slightly granulate, with frons unsculptured. Palpal formula 4/2. Pronotum shiny, granulate, crossed by strong transverse impression. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum granulate. Mesoscutum without lateral pointed apophyses ( Fig. 177A ). Metanotum with sides rounded ( Fig. 177A ), about coplanar to mesoscutellum ( Fig. 177B ). Metapectal-propodeal disc granulate, with track of median longitudinal furrow; propodeal declivity transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Mesopleuron and metapleuron not transversely striate; occasionally striate. In specimen from Niger, Tarna goulbin, body almost completely unsculptured, except transverse striae on propodeal declivity and pleuron. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 13:2:4:11:18. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 176B ) with one large subapical tooth and one row of 4–5 lamellae. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 176B ) with two rows of 20–37 lamellae extending continuously to apex. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Maniema , Kalombo , 23.VI.1947, M. Poll leg., by sweeping on grass on banks of Lualaba River near Kisale Lake ( MRAC). Other material: NIGER: Maradi, Tarna goulbin, 1♀ ( TAMU) . SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Somerset East, 1♀ ( AMNH) ; Western Cape, Mossel Bay , 30.XII.1938, R.E. Turner leg., 1♀ ( NHMUK) ; same locality label, II.1922, 1 ♀ ( NHMUK) ; Western Cape, Ceres , IV.1925, R.E. Turner leg., 1♀ ( NHMUK) . YEMEN: Sana’a, 9.V.1991, in rad- ish field, A. van Harten leg., 2♀♀ ( MOLC) ; Wadi Dhar , 10.VII.1991, ex cocoon on Sorghum , A. van Harten leg., 1♀ ( MOLC) .

Hosts. Unknown.

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

Figures

FIGURE 176. Chelae of Gonatopus species holotypes. A: G. pilosoides Olmi. B: G. polli (Benoit). C: G. ruens (Olmi). D: G. similis Brues. E: G. spiracularis (Benoit). F: G. vannoorti Olmi. Scale bar: A: 0.12 mm; B: 0.07 mm; C: 0.08 mm; D, F: 0.06 mm; E: 0.10 mm.

FIGURE 177. Habitus of Gonatopus species.A, B: G. polli (Benoit), ♀ from Yemen, Sana’a, in dorsal (A) and lateral (B) view. C: G. acuminatus (Olmi), ♀ holotype in lateral view. Scale bar: A: 1.94 mm; B: 1.76 mm; C: 1.67 mm.