Gonatopus kiefferi (Perkins, 1906)

Olmi, Massimo, Marletta, Alessandro & Guglielmino, Adalgisa, 2014, Revision of the Australian species of Gonatopus group 5 (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae), with description of a new species from the Society Islands, French Polynesia, Zootaxa 3895 (4), pp. 525-546 : 534-535

4. Gonatopus kiefferi (Perkins, 1906)

( Figs 11 , 21 )

Pseudogonatopus kiefferi Perkins, 1906a: 487 .

Dicondylus kiefferi (Perkins) : Olmi 1982: 309; 1984: 1399; 1990: 789; 1991: 329.

Gonatopus kiefferi (Perkins) : Guglielmino & Olmi 1997: 255; Olmi & Villemant 2009: 696; Guglielmino et al. 2013: 38.

Material examined. Type. Lectotype, ♀ (designated by Olmi (1982)): FIJI: Viti Levu Island, Suva, bred from a cocoon collected on a tree by A. Koebele ( BPBM). Paralectotype: same locality label as holotype, 1♀ ( BPBM).

Other material. FIJI: Vanua Levu Island, Trans-insular Road, above summit, 500–550 m, 6–9.x.1979, 1♂ ( AMNH) (see remarks about Gonatopus dubius Olmi ).

Redescription. FEMALE. Apterous; length 3.7–4.2 mm. Head brown-black, except mandible, clypeus and anterior region of face (also along orbits) yellow; antenna brownish, except segments 1–5 and 10 yellow; mesosoma testaceous-reddish; petiole black; metasoma brown-black; legs testaceous-reddish. Antenna clavate. Head excavated, granulated; occipital carina absent. Palpal formula 4/2. Pronotum shiny, unsculptured, crossed by very slight transverse impression. Scutum shiny, sculptured by some longitudinal striae. Metanotum with sides protruding; lateral protrusions pointed. Metathorax + propodeum irregularly striate. Segment 1 of protarsus longer than segment 4 (49:36). Enlarged claw ( Fig. 21 ) with one large subapical tooth and one row of seven lamellae. Segment 5 of protarsus ( Fig. 21 ) with two rows of about 17 lamellae; distal apex with about ten lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

MALE. See remarks about Gonatopus dubius Olmi ( Fig. 11 ).

Hosts. Tropiduchidae ( Guglielmino et al. 2013) : in the Fiji Islands: Vanua respicienda vitiensis Kirkaldy.

Distribution. Fiji.

Figures

FIGURES 6 – 11. Gonatopus dubius. 6 – 10, holotype, ♀ (6, head, frontal view; 7, head, dorsal view; 8, metathorax + propodeum, dorsal view; 9, mesosoma (excluding prothorax), lateral view; 10, chela). Gonatopus sp. (probably dubius or G. kiefferi). 11, genitalia of ♂, Fiji Islands, Vanua Levu. Scale bar 1.66 mm for 6 and 7, 0.6 mm for 8, 1.33 mm for 9, 0.8 mm for 10, 0.14 mm for 11.

FIGURES 21 – 23. Chelae of holotypes. 21. Gonatopus kiefferi; 22. G. l e v i s; 23, G. oceanicus. Scale bar 0.6 mm for 21 and 23, 0.4 mm for 22.