Deinodryinus sofiensis Guglielmino & Olmi, 2015

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 252-253

25. Deinodryinus sofiensis Guglielmino & Olmi, 2015

( Figs 88F , 95C )

Deinodryinus sofiensis Guglielmino & Olmi 2015: 253 .

Description. ♂ ( Fig. 95C ). Fully winged; body length 1.6–1.9 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; an- tenna testaceous-brown, except scape and pedicel testaceous; mesosoma black; metasoma brown; pro- and mesoleg yellow; metaleg testaceous-brown, except coxa brown. Antenna filiform, with setae about as long as breadth of antennomeres; antennomeres in following proportions: 5:3.5:6:5:5:4:5:5:4.5:7. Head shiny, very strongly punctate, unsculptured among punctures; areolae of frons and vertex very deep (head almost rugose); frontal line absent; occipital carina complete; POL = 5; OL = 3; OOL = 5; OPL = 2.5; TL = 2; greatest breadth of posterior ocellus as long as OPL. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum shiny, punctate, unsculptured among punctures. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.6 × length of mesoscutum. Metanotum shiny, unsculptured. Metapectal-propodeal disc dull, reticulate rugose, without transverse posterior keel; propodeal declivity reticulate rugose, without longitudinal or transverse keels, with usually median area partly smooth, shiny and unsculptured (occasionally median area dull, completely rugose). Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein longer than proximal part (9:7). Paramere ( Fig. 88F ) with two large and long apical inner branches (one of these branches showing few papillae situated mainly on inner margin; second branch showing mosaic sculpture; volsellae situated between two above branches; inner apical branch of paramere with apex very large). Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♀. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♂ holotype: MADAGASCAR: Mahajanga, Sofia District , 45 km S Antsohihy, 5 km W of Anjiamangirana, elev 97 m, 5–8.V.2011, 15°09.42’S 47°47.05’E, M. Irwin, R. Harin’Hala leg., MT, Analagnambe dry degraded forest, MG-61-11 ( CAS). Paratypes : 2♂♂ ( CAS, MOLC). Other material: MADA- GASCAR: Antsiranana, Ankarana Special Reserve , 22.9 km 224° SW Anivorano Nord, 12°54.32’S 49°6.35’E, 80 m, 10–18.II.2001, MT, tropical dry forest, Fisher, Griswold et al. leg., BLF2856 , 1♂ ( CAS); Mahajanga, Sofia Dis- ctrict, 45 km S Antsohihy, 5 km W of Anjiamangirana, Analagnambe dry degraded forest, 15°09.42’S 47°47.05’E ,

97 m, 13–19.XII.2010, MT, M. Irwin, R. Harin’Hala leg., MG-61-01, 2♂♂ ( CAS, MOLC); Toliara, Manombo , 22°48.44’S 43°44.22’E , 165 m, 20–25.V.2004, MT, gallery forest, Frontier Wilderness Project, MGF104, 1♂ ( CAS); Toliara, Beroboka village , 45 km NE Morondava, 19°58.65’S 44°39.92’E , 420 ft., 8–16.VI.2008, MT, Antsarongaza gallery forest, MG-45B-26, M. Irwin, R. Harin’Hala leg., 2♂♂ ( CAS, MOLC); same locality label, 1–9.VII.2008, MG-45A-29, 1♂ ( CAS); Toliara, Makay Mts. , 21°13.11’S, 45°19.26’E , 500 m, 24.XI–12.XII.2010, MT, gallery forest, sandy soil, B.L. Fisher et al. leg., BLF25357, 1♂ ( MOLC) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Madagascar.

Figures

FIGURE 88. ♂ genitalia of Deinodryinus species. A–D: D. rusticus Olmi: holotype (A); paramere of ♂♂ from Madagascar, 18°28.24’S 47°57.36’E (B), 24°39.13’S 43°59.48’E (C) and 24°14.26’S 46°17.16’E (D); E: D. sabaeus Olmi & van Harten, holotype; F: D. sofiensis Guglielmino & Olmi, paratype. Scale bar. A–C: 0.12 mm; D: 0.09 mm; E: 0.08 mm; F: 0.10 mm.

FIGURE 95. Habitus of Deinodryinus species. A: D. pulcher Olmi, ♂ paratype from Madagascar, 21°13.57’S 47°22.19’E; B: D. rusticus Olmi, ♂ holotype; C: D. sofiensis Guglielmino & Olmi, ♂ holotype; D: D. suavis Olmi, ♂ holotype. Scale bar: A: 2.87 mm; B: 3.81 mm; C: 2.18 mm; D: 3.17 mm.