Gonatopus ankaratrus ( Ceballos, 1936 )

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 484-485

60. Gonatopus ankaratrus ( Ceballos, 1936)

( Fig. 204C )

Chalcogonatopus ankaratrus Ceballos 1936: 55 ; Rey del Castillo & Izquierdo 1989: 253.

Madecagonatopus ankaratrus (Ceballos) : Benoit 1954: 392.

Gonatopus ankaratrus (Ceballos) : Olmi 1984: 1601; 1994c: 11; Azevedo et al. 2010: 894.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 3.2 mm. Head black, except mandible and clypeus brown; antenna black, except antennomeres 5–6 brown; mesosoma and metasoma black; legs black, except tarsi brown. Antennomeres in following proportions: 8:4:11:5:5:5:4:4:4:6. Head flat, dull, granulate; temple prominent. Palpal formula 6/3 (palps actually missing in holotype; according to Ceballos (1936), maxillary palps 6-segmented; according to Benoit (1954), labial palps 3-segmented). Pronotum crossed by strong transverse impression, shiny, unsculptured, with some slight longitudinal striae on disc. Mesoscutum shiny, with some slight longitudinal striae, with two lateral pointed apophyses. Metanotum very reduced, smooth, about coplanar to mesoscutellum. Metapectal-propodeal disc dull, with many longitudinal striae; propodeal declivity strongly transversely striate near petiole. Mesopleuron and metapleuron slightly transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 10:2:5:13:21. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 204C ) with one small subapical tooth and five peg-like setae. Protarsomere

5 ( Fig. 204C ) with inner side proximally not serrate and two rows of 2 (proximal) + 22 lamellae; apex with approximately six lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: MADAGASCAR: Antananarivo, Ankaratra , III.1932, A. Seyrig leg. ( MNMS) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Madagascar.

Figures

FIGURE 204. Chelae of holotypes: Gonatopus species of group 7. A: G. aestivus Olmi. B: G. aethiopicus Olmi. C: G. ankaratrus (Ceballos). D: G. armatus Olmi. E: G. australis (Ceballos). F: G. avontuurensis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov. Scale bar: A: 0.08 mm; B: 0.13 mm; C, F: 0.07 mm; D: 0.06 mm; E: 0.12 mm.