Lonchodryinus Kieffer, 1905

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 255

7. Genus Lonchodryinus Kieffer, 1905

Lonchodryinus Kieffer 1905: 95 ; 1914b: 14; Olmi & Currado 1979a: 342; Olmi 1983: 81; 1984: 253; 1994a: 45; 1995f: 4; 1999: 98; Olmi et al. 2000: 148; He & Xu 2002: 104; Virla & Olmi 2008: 370; Moya-Raygoza & Olmi 2010: 95; Olmi & Guglielmino 2010b: 30; Azevedo et al. 2010: 882; Xu et al. 2013: 211; Olmi & Virla 2014: 200; Olmi & Xu 2015: 107.

Prenanteon Kieffer 1913a: 301 (synonymized by Olmi 1983); type species: Prenanteon melanocerum (Kieffer in Kieffer & Marshall 1905) , by subsequent designation of Richards (1935); Kieffer 1914b: 199; Berland 1928: 153; Richards 1937: 119; 1939: 235; Muesebeck & Walkley 1951: 1041; J. Perkins 1976: 23; Krombein 1979: 1242.

Psilanteon Kieffer 1913a: 301 (synonymized by Olmi 1984); type species: Psilanteon aequalis (Kieffer in Kieffer & Marshall 1905) , by original designation; Kieffer 1914b: 212; Richards 1937: 119.

Type species. Lonchodryinus tricolor Kieffer 1905 , by monotypy (Kieffer 1905).

Diagnosis. ♀ ( Figs 97A, B ): macropterous ( Figs 97A, B ), or rarely brachypterous (only known in the Palaearctic re- gion); palpal formula 6/3; occipital carina complete; antenna without ADOs; pronotum with distinct anterior collar and posterior disc; metapectal-propodeal disc usually without transverse posterior keel ( Fig. 97A ); in macropterous ♀♀, forewing with distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein as long as, or longer than proximal part ( Figs 97A, B ); rarely distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein slightly shorter than proximal part; enlarged claw with inner proximal prominence bearing one long bristle ( Fig. 96F ); tibial spurs 1/1/2. ♂ ( Figs 97C, D ): always macropterous (even if ♀ brachypterous) ( Figs 97C, D ); palpal formula 6/3; occipital carina complete; metapectal-propodeal disc usually without a transverse posterior keel ( Fig. 97D ); forewing with distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein as long as, or longer than proximal part ( Figs 97C, D ); rarely distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein slightly shorter than proximal part; forewing with pterostigma less than 4 × as long as broad ( Figs 97C, D ); paramere without dorsal process, usually without inner branch wrapping penis ( Fig. 96C ); tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Distribution. Worlwide.

Hosts. Cicadellidae ( Guglielmino et al. 2013) .

World species. 18 species are known, four in the Afrotropical region.

Remarks. Larvae of Lonchodryinus were described by Guglielmino et al. (2017a).

Key to species of Lonchodryinus

♀♀ (unknown in Lonchodryinus hovanus Olmi )

1. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands.............................................. L. seyrigi (Benoit)

Figures

FIGURE 96. A: Deinodryinus richardsi (Olmi), ♀ holotype chela; B: metapectal-propodeal disc + propodeal declivity of Deinodryinus sabaeus Olmi & van Harten, ♂ paratype. C–D: ♂ genitalia of Lonchodryinus hovanus Olmi: holotype (C) and ♂ from Madagascar, 12°31.13’S 49°10.46’E (D). E–F: chelae of Lonchodryinus species holotypes: L. madagascolus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov. (E) and L. pauliani (Benoit) (F). Scale bar: A: 0.11 mm; B: 0.20 mm; C, D, F: 0.13 mm; E: 0.11 mm.

FIGURE 97. Habitus of Lonchodryinus species. ♀ in dorsal (A) and lateral (B) view. ♂ in lateral (C) and dorsal (D) view. Scale bar. A: 2.66 mm; B: 1.76 mm; C: 1.55 mm; D: 2.67 mm.