Bocchus richardsi Olmi, 1984

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 292-293

27. Bocchus richardsi Olmi, 1984

( Fig. 115A )

Bocchus richardsi Olmi 1984: 628 ; 2006: 41.

Description. ♀. Micropterous; forewing about as long as tegula. Body length 3.3 mm. Completely reddish-dark. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 15:6:9:6:6:6:5:5:5:8. Head shiny, granulate and with slight areolae; frontal line complete; occipital carina complete; dorsal side of head with two lateral keels around orbits; POL = 5; OL = 3; OOL = 12; OPL = 8; TL = 10. Pronotum crossed by transverse impression between anterior and posterior collar, shiny, setose, slightly granulate; pronotal tubercle reaching tegula. Mesoscutum dull, granulate, with slight areolae and sculptured by strong longitudinal keels. Notauli absent. Mesoscutellum dull, sculptured by longitudinal keels. Metanotum very short, reduced. Metapectal-propodeal disc completely reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity reticulate rugose, not sculptured by longitudinal keels. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 15:3:3:11:14. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 115A ) with one row of nine teeth and one bristle. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 115A ) with one preapical lamella and one row of eight bristles. Tibial spurs 1/1/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape, Cape Town, Milnerton , I.1926, R.E. Turner leg. (NHMUK). Paratype: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape, Cape Town , 1♀ (USNM).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa.

Figures

FIGURE 115.A–C: chelae of Bocchus species.A: B. richardsi Olmi, holotype. B: B. seyrigi (Benoit), holotype. C: B. watshami Olmi, ♀ from Tanzania, 03°58’S 37°48’E. D: genitalia of B. zimbabwensis Olmi, ♂ holotype. Scale bar: A: 0.08 mm; B: 0.11 mm; C: 0.10 mm; D: 0.13 mm.