Bocchus forestalis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 270

5. Bocchus forestalis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort , sp. nov.

( Figs 102E , 103 , 104A )

Diagnosis. ♂ of Bocchus with OPL much longer than POL; antennomere 8 less than 3 × as long as broad ( Fig. 104A ); mesoscutum granulate, slightly rugose near anterior margin; Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.6 × length of mesoscutum (with obsolete tracks of notauli in posterior third of mesoscutum); propodeal declivity reticulate rugose, without longitudinal keels.

Description. ♂ ( Figs 103 , 104A ). Fully winged; body length 2.4 mm. Head black, except mandible brown; antenna brown; mesosoma black; metasoma brown; legs brown, except tarsi brown-testaceous. Antenna filiform; antennomeres in following proportions: 9:6:7:6:6:6:5:5:5:8; antennomere 6 twice as long as broad; antennomere 8 less than 3 × as long as broad (5:3). Head convex, dull, granulate and rugose; frontal line complete; occipital carina complete; POL = 3; OL = 2.5; OOL = 6; OPL = 5; TL = 4; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli shorter than OPL (2:5). Mesoscutum dull, granulate, slightly rugose near anterior margin. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.6 × length of mesoscutum (with obsolete tracks of notauli in posterior third of mesoscutum). Mesoscutellum dull, granulate. Metanotum granulate and rugose. Mesopleuron dull, granulate. Metapleuron dull, sculptured by numerous strong transverse keels. Metapectal-propodeal disc with strong transverse posterior keel, dull, reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity dull, reticulate rugose, without longitudinal keels. Forewing ( Fig. 103D ) hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein shorter than proximal part (10:14); 2R1 cell open. Genitalia in Fig. 102E . Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♀. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♂ holotype (CASTYPE19448): MADAGASCAR: Fianarantsoa, Miandritsara For- est, 40 km S Ambositra, 20°47.56’S 47°10.54’E, 825 m, 8–17.III.2007, MT, low altitude rainforest, M. Irwin, R. Harin’Hala leg., MA-29-81 ( CAS) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Madagascar.

Etymology. The new species is named forestalis , because it was collected in a forest.

Figures

FIGURE 102. ♂ genitalia of Bocchus species. A, B: B. bini Olmi: ♂s from Madagascar, 25°00.40’S 46°18.20’E (A) and Uganda, Kichwamba (B); C: B. botswanensis Olmi, holotype; D: B. confusus Olmi & van Harten, holotype; E: B. forestalis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., holotype; F: B. fynbosensis Olmi, holotype. Scale bar: A: 0.12 mm; B, D: 0.09 mm; C: 0.11 mm; E: 0.16 mm; F: 0.13 mm.

FIGURE 103. Bocchus forestalis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♂ holotype: habitus in dorsal (A) and lateral (B) view; head in frontal view (C); forewing (D).

FIGURE 104. Habitus of Bocchus species. A: B. forestalis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♂ holotype in dorsal view; head vertex sculpture. B–D: B. granulatus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♂ holotype: habitus in dorsal (B) and lateral (C) view; head and mesosoma in dorsal view (D). E: B. harinhalai Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♂ holotype in dorsal view; head vertex sculpture. F: B. hova Olmi, ♂ holotype in dorsal view. Scale bar: A: 3.0 mm; D: 0.88 mm; F: 1.62 mm.