Gonatopus pilosoides Olmi, 1993

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 434-436

15. Gonatopus pilosoides Olmi, 1993

( Fig. 176A )

Pseudogonatopus pilosus Benoit 1954: 390 (preoccupied by Gonatopus pilosus Thomson 1860 ); Benoit 1963: 339; Olmi 1984: 1222.

Gonatopus pilosoides Olmi 1993b: 80 ; 1994c: 10; Azevedo et al. 2010: 898.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 3.8–5.4 mm. Head black, except mandible and clypeus testaceous or yellow; antenna black or brown-black, except scape testaceous and flagellomere 8 whitish; mesosoma and metasoma black; legs brown-black.Antenna distally thickened; antennomeres in following proportions: 9:7:23:14:14:10:11:10:10:14. Body covered with long sparse setae. Head excavated, shiny; in holotype, frons almost completely unsculptured, except few short irregular keels on sides of frontal line; frons of holotype with two parallel complete very close frontal lines; in two specimens from Sierra Leone, 8°53’N 12°3’W, frons partly rugose on sides of frontal line (less rugose in the smallest specimen, more rugose in the largest specimen (5.4 mm )); frontal line complete; occipital carina absent; temple distinct; POL = 1; OL = 2; OOL = 9. Palpal formula 4/2. Pronotum shiny, crossed by strong transverse impression; in holotype and the smallest specimen from Sierra Leone, 8°53’N 12°3’W, pronotum completely unsculptured; in the largest specimen from Sierra Leone, 8°53’N 12°3’W, disc rugose. Mesoscutum rugose, with numerous longitudinal keels, without lateral pointed apophyses. Mesoscutellum small, shiny, smooth. Metanotum dull, transversely striate, with sides rounded. Meso-metapleural suture almost completely obsolete (only few parts visible). Metapectal-propodeal disc with track of median longitudinal furrow; top and anterior surface of metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, unsculptured (partly rugose in the smallest specimen from Sierra Leone, 8°53’N 12°3’W; completely and strongly rugose in the largest specimen from Sierra Leone, 8°53’N 12°3’W); propodeal declivity transversely striate. Mesopleuron and metapleuron transversely striate. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 16:3:6:16.5:26. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 176A ) with one large subapical tooth and one row of 12–14 lamellae. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 176A ) with two rows of 22–33 lamellae; apex with approximately 12–15 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: MADAGASCAR: Toliara, Isoanala , III.1938, A Seyrig leg. ( MNHN) . Other material: SIERRA LEONE: Makeni , 08°53’N 12°03’W, 27.XI.1993, LT, L. Cederholm, R. Danielsson, R. Hall leg., 2♀♀ ( ZIL, AMNH) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Madagascar, Sierra Leone.

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.