Gonatopus owaini Olmi, 1993

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 464

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Gonatopus owaini Olmi, 1993
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43. Gonatopus owaini Olmi, 1993

( Figs 194D View FIGURE 194 , 195A View FIGURE 195 )

Apterodryinus richardsi Olmi 1984: 1346 (preoccupied by Plectrogonatopus richardsi Móczár 1965 ).

Gonatopus owaini Olmi 1993b: 80 ; 1998d: 179; 2006: 47.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 4.8 mm. Head reddish-dark; antenna testaceous, except antennomere 10 whitish; pronotum, mesoscutum and mesoscutellum reddish-dark; metanotum reddish; rest of mesosoma blackbrown, except distal extremity of propodeal declivity reddish; petiole black; metasoma testaceous; legs testaceous. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 22:15:47:32:25:21:16:15:15:22. Head excavated, dull, granulate; frontal line complete; occipital carina incomplete, shortly present on sides of lateral ocelli; POL = 9; OL = 8; OOL = 27. Palpal formula 6/3. Pronotum dull, granulate, crossed by strong transverse impression. Mesoscutum shiny, with some longitudinal keels, with two lateral pointed apophyses situated on sides of mesoscutellum. Metanotum transversely striate, excavated behind mesoscutellum ( Fig. 195A View FIGURE 195 ). Metapectal-propodeal disc dull, granulate, sculptured by some slight longitudinal keels; propodeal declivity transversely striate. Mesopleuron and metapleuron transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture distinct and complete. Protarsomere 1 shorter than 4 (9:13). Enlarged claw ( Fig. 194D View FIGURE 194 ) strongly curved, with one large subdistal tooth, one row of four lamellae and one proximal tooth. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 194D View FIGURE 194 ) with two rows of approximately 32 lamellae; apex with approximately 40 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape, Mossel Bay , 28.XI.1938, R.E. Turn- er leg. ( NHMUK) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa.

Moczar, L. (1965) Remarks on some types of Dryinini and Gonatopodini (Hymenoptera). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 57, 375 - 406.

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

Olmi, M. (1993 b) A new generic classification for Thaumatodryininae, Dryininae and Gonatopodinae, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera Dryinidae). Bollettino di Zoologia agraria e di Bachicoltura, Series II, 25, 57 - 89.

Olmi, M. (1998 d) Gonatopus orangensis: a new species of Dryinidae from South Africa (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Tropical Zoology, 11, 177 - 181. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03946975.1998.10539359

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FIGURE 194. Chelae of Gonatopus species holotypes.A: G. karooensis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov. B: G. marojejyanus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov. C: G. orangensis Olmi. D: G. owaini Olmi. Scale bar: A: 0.06 mm; B, C: 0.10 mm; D: 0.13 mm.

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FIGURE 195. Gonatopus species: group 4. A: G. owaini Olmi, ♀ holotype: mesoscutum + mesoscutellum + metapectal-pro- podeal disc + propodeal declivity in lateral view. B, C, E: G. rufulus Olmi, ♀ holotype: head in frontal view (B); mesoscutum + mesoscutellum + metapectal-propodeal disc + propodeal declivity in lateral view (C); chela (E). D, G: G. tanzanianus Olmi, ♀ holotype: mesosoma in lateral view (D); chela (G). F: G. subrufulus Olmi, ♀ holotype: chela. Scale bar: A: 1.06 mm; B: 0.38 mm; C: 0.88 mm; D: 1.25 mm; E, G: 0.09 mm; F: 0.12 mm.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Gonatopus