Gonatopus ruber ( Olmi, 1984 )

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 451

31. Gonatopus ruber ( Olmi, 1984)

( Fig. 183H )

Agonatopoides ruber Olmi 1984: 1327 .

Gonatopus ruber (Olmi) : Olmi 2006: 46; Guglielmino & Olmi 2014a: 46 .

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 3.4 mm. Completely brown-reddish, except petiole dark and antenna and tarsi testaceous. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 20:12:24:15:14:13:12:12:12:17. Head excavated, shiny, bare, unsculptured; frontal line complete; occipital carina incomplete, only shortly visible on sides of lateral ocelli; occiput setose; POL = 3; OL = 5; OOL = 18. Palpal formula 5/3. Pronotum shiny, bare, unsculptured, crossed by strong transverse impression. Mesoscutum shiny, with some longitudinal keels, with two pointed lateral apophyses situated on sides of mesoscutellum. Metanotum smooth, not transversely striate, excavated behind mesoscutellum, with sides rounded, not protruding. Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, unsculptured; propodeal declivity, mesopleuron and metapleuron transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Protarsal segmens in following proportions: 14:2:4:11:17. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 183H ) with one large subdistal tooth and one row of five lamellae. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 183H ) with two rows of approximately 13 lamellae; apex with approximately 13 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape, Milnerton , I.1926, R.E. Turner leg. ( NHMUK) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa.

Figures

FIGURE 183. Gonatopus: group 3. A, B, G: G. robertsoni Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov.: mesoscutum + mesoscutellum + metapectal-propodeal disc + propodeal declivity in dorsal view (A) and mesosoma in lateral view (B) of ♀ holotype; chela of paratype from South Africa, 33°44.090’S 21°55.654’E (G). C, D: G. scholtzi Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♀ holotype: mesoscutum + mesoscutellum + metapectal-propodeal disc + propodeal declivity in dorsal view (C) and mesosoma in lateral view (D). E, F: G. schwarzorum Guglielmino & Olmi, ♀ holotype: mesosoma in dorsal (E) and lateral (F) view. H: chela of G. ruber (Olmi), holotype. Scale bar: A, C: 0.60 mm; B: 0.90 mm; D: 0.93 mm; E, F: 1.00 mm; G: 0.07 mm; H: 0.08 mm.