Gonatopus perkinsiellavorus Benoit, 1963

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 434

14. Gonatopus perkinsiellavorus Benoit, 1963

( Figs 174G, H )

Pseudogonatopus perkinsiellavorus Benoit 1963: 341 ; Olmi 1984: 1224; 1994c: 11.

Gonatopus perkinsiellavorus (Benoit) : Guglielmino & Olmi 1997: 221; Azevedo et al. 2010: 897.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 3.5 mm. Head and antenna missing in the only known specimen (head black and antenna yellow, except antennomere 10 white, according to the original description); pronotum yellow, except collar black; mesoscutum yellow, except anterior surface black; mesoscutellum yellow; rest of mesosoma black, except distal extremity of propodeal declivity testaceous; petiole black; metasoma yellow-reddish; legs yellow (prolegs missing in the only known specimen). Antenna distally thickened (according to fig. 6 in Benoit 1963). Palpal formula 4/2 (according to figs 4-5 in Benoit 1963, and the original description). Pronotum shiny, unsculptured, crossed by strong transverse impression. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum shiny, unsculptured. Mesoscutum without lateral pointed apophyses ( Fig. 174G ). Metanotum transversely striate, with sides rounded ( Fig. 174G ), about coplanar to mesoscutellum ( Fig. 174H ). Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, smooth, bare, unsculptured; propodeal declivity transversely striate. Mesopleuron and metapleuron transversely striate. Prolegs missing in the only known specimen, so that the chela is unknown. Chela not described in the original paper of Benoit. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: MADAGASCAR: Toamasina, Brickaville , reared from a parasit- ized macropterous adult of Perkinsella saccharicida Kirkaldy, B. 24.IX.1960, Sf. 17.X.1960, M. Sigwalt reared ( MHNG) .

Hosts. Delphacidae ( Guglielmino et al. 2013) : in Madagascar: Perkinsiella saccharicida Kirkaldy.

Distribution. Madagascar.

Figures

FIGURE 174. Gonatopus species of group 2. A, B: G. fisheri Olmi, mesosoma of ♀ holotype in dorsal (A) and lateral (B) view. C: G. harteni (Olmi), head in frontal view of ♂ paratype. D–F: G. jacksoni Olmi, ♀ holotype: head in frontal view (D); mesosoma in dorsal (E) and lateral (F) view. G, H: G. perkinsiellavorus Benoit, ♀ holotype: mesosoma in dorsal (G) and lateral (H) view. I, M: G. ruens (Olmi): mesosoma of ♀ holotype in dorsal view (I); ♂ paratype in dorsal view (M). J–M: G. similis Brues: mesosoma of ♀ holotype in dorsal (J) and lateral (K) view; head of ♀ holotype in frontal view (L). Scale bar: A, B, F: 0.75 mm; C: 0.10 mm; D: 0.33 mm; E, I: 0.77 mm; G, H: 0.87 mm; J, K: 0.67 mm; L: 0.23 mm; M: 1.15 mm.