Gonatopus capensis Brues, 1906

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 492

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68. Gonatopus capensis Brues, 1906

( Figs 210A, B View FIGURE 210 )

Gonatopus capensis Brues 1906: 105 ; Olmi 1984: 1601; 1998c: 71; 2006: 48; Guglielmino & Olmi 2006: 48.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 5.1–5.6 mm. Head brown; antenna reddish; mesosoma and metasoma black; legs reddish, except coxae black and clubs of femora brown. Head excavated, shiny, granulate, bare; POL = 5; OL = 10; OOL = 25. Palpal formula 6/3. Pronotum crossed by strong transverse impression, granulate, bare. Mesoscutum bare, with two lateral pointed apophyses. Metanotum transversely striate. Metapectal-propodeal disc granulate, with or without longitudinal striae; propodeal declivity strongly transversely striate. Mesopleuron and metapleuron trans- versely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 17:4:7:30:42. Enlarged claw ( Figs 210A, B View FIGURE 210 ) with one small subapical tooth and eight small lamellae in addition to one bristle. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 210A View FIGURE 210 ) with inner side proximally serrate and two rows of 1 (proximal) + 23–25 lamellae; apex with at least 6–10 lamellae. In specimen from Mozambique, Praia do Bilene, protarsomere 5 with two rows o 5 (proximal) + 13 lamellae ( Fig. 210B View FIGURE 210 ). Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Willowmore ( MCPM). Other mate- rial: GAMBIA: Bakau, 1♀ (AMNH). MOZAMBIQUE: Gaza Prov., Praia do Bilene airport, reared from Hecalus dubius Melichar, M. Olmi reared, 1♀ (AMNH). SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Willowmore, 13 km from Ful- lerton, 3.X.1971, C. Jacot–Guillarmod leg., 1♀ (AMG); Eastern Cape, Grahamstown, Strowan, 4.XII.1966, A. Ja- cot–Guillarmod leg., 1♀ (AMG); Western Cape, Worcester, I.1929, R.E. Turner leg., 1♀ (NHMUK); Western Cape, Little Karoo, 38 mi E of Ceres, 17–25.XI.1924, R.E. Turner leg., 1♀ (NHMUK).

Hosts. Cicadellidae (Guglielmino et al. 2013): in Mozambique: Hecalus dubius Melichar.

Distribution. Gambia, Mozambique, South Africa.

References

Brues, C. T. (1906) Decriptions of parasitic Hymenoptera from Cape Colony. Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society, 4, 103 - 112.

Guglielmino, A. & Olmi, M. (2006) A host-parasite catalog of world Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea): first supplement. Zootaxa, 1139 (1), 35 - 62. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1139.1.4

Olmi, M. (1984) A revision of the Dryinidae (Hymenoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 37, I-XII + 1 - 1913.

Olmi, M. (1998 c) A contribution to the knowledge of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) and Strepsiptera of Mozambique. Oriental Insects, 32, 59 - 78. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1998.10433767

Figures

FIGURE 210. Chelae of Gonatopus species.A, B: G. capensis Brues: holotype (A); ♀ from Mozambique, Praia do Bilene (B). C: G. chiruanus Olmi, Guglielmino, Natha & Nota Alfredo, holotype. D: G. communis Olmi, holotype. Scale bar: A: 0.14 mm; B: 0.18 mm; C: 0.08 mm; D: 0.06 mm.