Gonatopus pallidior ( Olmi, 1984 )

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 468-469

48. Gonatopus pallidior ( Olmi, 1984)

( Fig. 198C )

Dicondylus pallidior Olmi 1984: 1383 .

Gonatopus pallidior (Olmi) : Olmi 2006: 47.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 3.4 mm. Head brown, except mandible, clypeus and anterior region of frons reddish; antenna testaceous; pronotum reddish-dark; rest of mesosoma testaceous-reddish; petiole black; metasoma testaceous-reddish; legs yellow. Head excavated, shiny, unsculptured or slightly granulate; frontal line complete; occipital carina incomplete, only shortly present on sides of lateral ocelli; POL = 3; OL = 7; OOL = 16. Palpal formula 3/2. Pronotum shiny, granulate, not crossed by transverse impression or very slightly impressed. Mesoscutum dull, with some longitudinal keels, without lateral pointed apophyses. Metanotum transversely striate, with sides rounded, about coplanar to mesoscutellum. Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, unsculptured; propodeal declivity, mesopleuron and metapleuron transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Protarsomere 1 approximately twice as long as 4. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 198C ) with one large subdistal tooth and one row of six lamellae. Protarso- mere 5 ( Fig. 198C ) with two rows of 11 lamellae; apex with eight lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Katberg , 4000 ft., 1–15.I.1933, R.E. Turner leg. ( NHMUK).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa.

Figures

FIGURE 198. A, B: Gonatopus flavotestaceus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♀ holotype: mesosoma in lateral view (A); chela (B). C: Gonatopus pallidior (Olmi), chela of ♀ holotype. D–G: Gonatopus afer (Olmi), ♀ holotype: head in frontal view (D); mesosoma in dorsal (E) and lateral (F) view; chela (G). Scale bar: A: 0.88 mm; B: 0.07 mm; C: 0.08 mm; D: 0.21 mm; E, F: 0.83 mm; G: 0.06 mm.