Gonatopus ntumenensis Olmi, 2009

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 433-434

13. Gonatopus ntumenensis Olmi, 2009

( Fig. 175G )

Gonatopus ntumenensis Olmi 2009b: 453 .

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 3.4 mm. Head brown, except mandible, anterior margin of frons, malar space, clypeus and short median longitudinal stripe near clypeus testaceous; antenna brown, except scape testaceous and flagellomere 10 whitish; prothorax testaceous-brown; mesoscutum testaceous, except anterior third dark; rest of mesosoma brown-testaceous and partly brown; metasoma brown; legs brown, except part of coxae, trochanters, articulations and tarsi testaceous ot testaceous-brown. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 9:5:10:5:4:4:4:4:4:9. Head excavated, dull, granulate; frontal line complete, present in ocellar triangle (ocellar triangle divided into two halfs by median longitudinal keel); occipital carina incomplete, shortly present behind lateral ocelli; POL = 1; OL = 3; OOL = 6.5. Palpal formula 4/2. Pronotum bare, crossed by strong transverse impression, shiny, unsculptured. Mesoscutum sculptured by many longitudinal striae, laterally without pointed apophyses. Mesoscutellum shiny, smooth, flat. Metanotum short, dull, sculptured by many transverse striae, little excavated behind mesoscutellum; sides of metanotum rounded, not laterally protruding. Metapectal-propodeal disc dull, with top rugose and anterior surface sculptured by numerous irregular striae; anterior surface of metapectal-propodeal disc with track of median longitudinal furrow; propodeal declivity, mesopleuron and metapleuron transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 13:3:5:14:22. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 175G ) with one large subapical tooth and one row of six lamellae. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 175G ) with two rows of 12 + 8 lamellae; apex with approximately 13 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal, Eshowe , near Ntumeni N. Res., 28°52.08’S 31°22.41’E, 680 m, 26–28.X.2007, YPT, Kolyada & Mostovski leg. ( NMSA) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa.

Figures

FIGURE 175. Gonatopus species of group 2. A–C: G. spiracularis (Benoit), ♀ paratype: head in frontal view (A); mesosoma in dorsal (B) and lateral (C) view. D: G. vannoorti Olmi: head of ♀ holotype in frontal view. E: G. jacksoni Olmi, holotype chela. F: G. niassensis Olmi, holotype chela. G: G. ntumenensis Olmi, holotype chela. Scale bar: A: 0.24 mm; B, C: 0.80 mm; D: 0.19 mm; E: 0.09 mm; F: 0.08 mm; G: 0.11 mm.