Bocchus kibalensis Olmi, van Noort & Guglielmino, 2016

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 281-282

14. Bocchus kibalensis Olmi, van Noort & Guglielmino, 2016

( Figs 106D , 107 A–C, 109 B)

Bocchus kibalensis Olmi, van Noort & Guglielmino 2016: 71 .

Description. ♂ ( Figs 106D , 107 A–C). Fully winged; body length 2.9 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna brown, except scape and pedicel ferruginous; mesosoma black; metasoma brown; legs brown, except articulations, tarsi and protibia testaceous. Antenna filiform; antennomeres in following proportions: 14:6:8:8:7:7:7:7:7:10; antennomere 6 less than twice as long as broad (7:5). Head convex, dull, covered with short setae, completely reticulate rugose; clypeus reticulate rugose; frontal line complete, with pointed protrusion between antennal toruli; occipital carina complete; POL = 5; OL = 3; OOL = 7; OPL = 7; TL = 7; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli shorter than POL (4:5). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum dull, completely reticulate rugose. Notauli absent. Mesopleuron dull, reticulate rugose. Metapleuron dull, sculptured by numerous strong transverse keels. Metapectalpropodeal disc with strong transverse posterior keel, dull, reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity with two complete longitudinal keels, median area crossed by many transverse keels and lateral areas completely reticulate rugose. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein about as long as proximal part. Genitalia in Fig. 109B . Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♀. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♂ holotype: UGANDA: Kibale National Park, Kanyawara, Makerere University Biological Field Station , 0°33.836’N 30°21.700’E, 1523 m, 12–26.VIII.2008, MT, primary mid-altitude rainforest, S. van Noort leg., SAM-HYM-A024122 ( SAMC) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Uganda.

Figures

FIGURE 106. Habitus of Bocchus species. A: B. hyalinus Olmi, ♀ from Oman, SE of Súr, in dorsal view (from Olmi 2008a; drawing by Niccolò Falchi); B, C: B. johanssoni Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, ♂ holotype in dorsal (B) and lateral (C) view; D: B. kibalensis Olmi, van Noort & Guglielmino, ♂ holotype in dorsal view. Scale bar: A: 2.31 mm.

FIGURE 107. Habitus of Bocchus species. A–C: B. kibalensis Olmi, van Noort & Guglielmino, ♂ holotype. D–F: B. kogelbergensis Olmi, ♀ from South Africa, Walker Bay. Scale bar: D: 1.48 mm.

FIGURE 109. ♂ genitalia of Bocchus species. A: B. johanssoni Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, holotype. B: B. kibalensis Olmi, van Noort & Guglielmino, holotype. C: B. madagascolus Olmi, holotype. D: B. mkomazianus Olmi, holotype. E, F: B. obscurus Olmi, holotype (E) and ♂ from Madagascar, 25°00.40’S 46°18.20’E (F). Scale bar: A: 0.13 mm; B: 0.15 mm; C, E: 0.10 mm; D: 0.12 mm; F: 0.11 mm.