Apoaphelopus Olmi 2007

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 592

IX. Subfamily Apoaphelopinae Olmi, 2007

Apoaphelopinae Olmi 2007b: 226.

Type genus. Apoaphelopus Olmi 2007 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. ♀: unknown. ♂ ( Fig. 266A ): fully winged; forewing without costal cell, with costal vein very thick; forewing with 2r-rs&Rs vein present ( Figs 266A, C ); pterostigma absent ( Fig. 266D ); other veins of forewing absent, the course of M and Cu veins being marked by dark stripes ( Figs 266A, B ); hind wing ( Figs 266A, B ) with or without costal vein, with two dark medial longitudinal stripes; mandible with one tooth; palpi absent; antenna short, shorter than body; antennomere 1 twice as long as 2; temple very long, shorter than eye ( Fig. 266A ); epicnemium exposed; basivolsella with lateral distal process parallel to distivolsella and reaching at least the same level as apex of distivolsella ( Fig. 264C ); tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Distribution. Afrotropical.

Hosts. Unknown.

World species. Four species are known, all in the Afrotropical region.

World genera. One genus is known, present only in the Afrotropical region.

Figures

FIGURE 264. A, B: Vannoortia capensis Olmi, ♂ holotype: mesosoma in ventral view (A; M = mesosternum); genitalia (B). C–F: ♂ genitalia of Apoaphelopus species holotypes: C: A. fisheri Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov.; D: A. mostovskii Olmi; E: A. niassensis Olmi; F: A. wallacei Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov. Scale bar: A: 0.43 mm; B: 0.09 mm; C: 0.05 mm; D: 0.06 mm; E: 0.08 mm; F: 0.04 mm.

FIGURE 266. Habitus of Apoaphelopus species. A–C: A. mostovskii Olmi: ♂ holotype in dorsal (A) and lateral (C) view; ♂ from South Africa, 31°12.923’S 19°40.812’E, in dorsal view (B). D: A. wallacei Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov.: ♂ holo- type in dorsal view. Scale bar: A: 1.20 mm; B: 1.56 mm; C: 0.78 mm.