Gonatopus nivosus Olmi, 1984, 1570

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18. Gonatopus nivosus Olmi, 1984

( Plate 129C )

Gonatopus nivosus Olmi 1984: 1570 .

Gonatopus delhiensis Olmi 1987c: 64 (synonymized by Olmi 2000b); type locality: Indian Agricultural Research Institute area (New Delhi, India).

Description of female Apterous; length 3.0– 3.6 mm. Yellow-reddish or testaceous-reddish, except petiole black and metasoma brown or black. Antenna clavate; antennal segments in following proportions: 5:4:12:7:6:5:5:4.5:4.5:6. Head little excavated, shiny, weakly or strongly granulated (occasionally most part of vertex unsculptured); frontal line complete; occipital carina absent; POL = 2; OL = 2; OOL = 6. Palpal formula 4/ 2. Pronotum dull or shiny, granulated, crossed by strong transverse impression. Scutum dull or shiny, granulated. Metanotum flast, short, weakly transversely striate, not hollow behind scutellum. Metathorax + propodeum dull, with anterior surface granulated and posterior surface transversely striate. Mesopleuron and metapleuron transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Protarsal segments in following proportions: 13:2.5:4:12:18. Enlarged claw ( Plate 129C ) with one small subapical tooth and four peg-like hairs. Segment 5 of protarsus ( Plate 129C ) with inner margin proximally not serrated, with two rows of 17–18 lamellae situated in distal half of segment; distal apex with about five lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ holotype of G. nivosus : INDIA: Kashmir, Srinagar ( AMNH); ♀ holotype of G. delhiensis : INDIA: Delhi, Indian Agricultural Research Institute area, 14.X.1979, Z. Bouček leg. ( BMNH). Paratypes of G. delhiensis : same locality label as holotype, 3.X.1979, 6.X.1979, 14.X.1979, 15.X.1979, 16.X.1979, 11♀♀ (six in BMNH, three in AMNH, one in GCC, one in USNM). Other material. INDIA: Delhi, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 300 m, 9.VII.1990, J.M. Heraty leg., 1♀ ( DEUCR).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. India (Kashmir, Delhi).

Figures

PLATE 129. A–C, E. Chelae. D. Vertex of head. A. Gonatopus medius, holotype (from Olmi 1984). B. G.mysorensis, holotype (from Olmi 1984). C. G. nivosus (=G. delhiensis Olmi) from India (from Olmi 1987c). D, E. G. perpolitus, female from Indonesia (from Olmi 1984). Scale bar 0.35 mm for A, 0.25 mm for B, 0.22 mm for C, 0.61 mm for D and 0.17 mm for E.