Conganteon lymanorum Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, 2015

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 70

4. Conganteon lymanorum Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, 2015

( Figs 22B, C , 24E , 26C )

Conganteon lymanorum Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino 2015: 338 .

Description. ♀ ( Figs 22B, C , 24E ). Fully winged; body length 2.7 mm. Testaceous, except petiole black, one small brown spot on metapectal-propodeal disc near metanotum, brown teeth of mandible and brown borders of ocelli. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 9:4:12:9:7:7:6:6:5:6. Head dull, granulate, sculptured by many hardly visible longitudinal and irregular striae also present behind ocellar triangle; frontal line complete; occipital carina complete; POL = 6; OL = 4; OOL = 6; OPL = 6; TL = 7; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli shorter than POL (3:6). Pronotum short, transverse, rugose; pronotal tubercle reaching tegula. Mesoscutum with anterior half reticulate rugose and remaining surface unsculptured. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.5 × length of mesoscutum. Mesoscutellum unsculptured. Metanotum rugose (sculpture hardly visible). Metapectal-propodeal disc reticulate rugose, without transverse posterior keel; propodeal declivity without longitudinal keels. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein longer than proximal part (11:7). Protarsomeres in following proportions: 14:3:3.5:7.5:13. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 26C ) with 1 small preapical tooth. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 26C ) with one row of approximately 37 short and small lamellae; apex with about 5 small lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♀. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: KENYA: Eastern Prov. , Kasaala area, 2.07486°S 38.22530°E, 740 m, 28.XI–4.XII.2013, 6 m MT, woodland and grass, J. Bukhebi & R. Copeland leg. ( NMK) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Kenya.

Figures

FIGURE 22. Conganteon kolyadai Olmi, ♂ from South Africa, 29°39.23’S 30°27.41’E, in lateral view (A). Conganteon lymanorum Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, ♀ holotype in dorsal (B) and lateral (C) view. Conganteon vannoorti Olmi, ♂ holotype: dorsal view (D), lateral view (E); head and mesosoma in dorsal view (F).

FIGURE 24. Conganteon walkerense Olmi, ♀ holotype in dorsal (A) and lateral (B) view. Conganteon fisheri Olmi, ♀ holotype (C) and ♂ paratype (D) in dorsal view. Conganteon lymanorum Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, ♀ holotype in lateral view (E). Scale bar: C: 3.78 mm; D: 3.13 mm; E: 2.49 mm.

FIGURE 26. Chelae of Conganteon species holotype. A: C. fisheri Olmi; B: C. kolyadai Olmi; C: C. lymanorum Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino; D: C. townesi Olmi; E: C. transvaalense Olmi; F: C. vulcanicum Benoit. Scale bar: A: 1.08 mm; B: 1.10 mm; C: 0.88 mm; D: 0.89 mm; E: 1.25 mm; F: 0.78 mm.