Gonatopus nearcticus (Fenton)

Olmi, Massimo, van Noort, Simon & Guglielmino, Adalgisa, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of Afrotropical Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera), with description of new species from Central African Republic and Uganda, ZooKeys 578, pp. 45-95 : 78

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Dryinidae

Gonatopus nearcticus (Fenton)

Pachygonatopus nearcticus Fenton, 1927: 6.

Platygonatopus ugandanus Benoit, 1951a: 300 (synonymized by Olmi 1993).

Gonatopus nearcticus (Fenton): Olmi 1993: 80.

Material examined.

Published records. Olmi (1984): UGANDA: EASTERN REGION: Busiki (=Namutumba) District, Bululo (= actually Bulule?), 1909, E. Bayon leg., ♀ holotype of Platygonatopus ugandanus (MSNG); Serere District, Serere, VII.1943, T.H.C. Taylor leg., 1♀ (BMNH). CENTRAL REGION: Masaka District, Kawanda, V.1943, VI.1943, T.H.C. Taylor leg., 3♀♀, 3♂♂ (BMNH); same locality label, 1♀, 1♂ (AMNH).

Hosts.

Cicadellidae ( Guglielmino et al. 2013): in the Afrotropical region: in Namibia: Paradorydium spatulatum ( Naudé); in South Africa: Balclutha frontalis (Ferrari) (= Balclutha rosea (Scott)).

Distribution.

Recorded from many countries of the Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Nearctic Regions ( Olmi et al. 2015); in Africa recorded from many sub-saharian countries, from Benin to South Africa and Ethiopia ( Olmi 1984, 2006).