Gonatopus tahitianus ( Olmi, 1991 )

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 : 543

11. Gonatopus tahitianus ( Olmi, 1991)

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Dicondylus tahitianus Olmi, 1991: 328 .

Gonatopus tahitianus ( Olmi): Olmi & Villemant 2009 : 702.

Material examined. Type. Holotype, ♀: FRENCH POLYNESIA: Society Islands: Windward Islands (= Îles du Vent), Tahiti, Aorai, 2000 m, 10-12.ix.1977, S.L. Montgomery leg. ( BPBM).

Redescription. FEMALE. Apterous; length 3.7 mm. Head brown, except mandible, clypeus and anterior region of face testaceous; antenna testaceous; mesosoma black, except margins of pronotum brown; metasoma black; legs yellow, except metacoxa partly black. Antenna clavate; antennal segments in following proportions: 9:6:17:8:7:7:7:7:6:9. Head excavated, shiny, unsculptured, except ocellar area and temple granulated; frontal line complete; occipital carina incomplete, only shortly present behind and on sides of posterior ocelli; POL = 1; OL = 2; OOL = 8. Palpal formula 4/2. Pronotum shiny, unsculptured, crossed by very slight transverse impression. Scutum dull, sculptured by some longitudinal striae. Scutellum shiny and smooth. Metanotum reticulate rugose, not hollow behind scutellum. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Metathorax + propodeum completely sculptured by transverse keels. Mesopleuron reticulate rugose. Metapleuron transversely striate. Protarsal segments in following proportions: 18:3:5:18:26. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 41 ) with one large subapical tooth and one row of seven lamellae. Segment 5 of protarsus ( Fig. 41 ) with two rows of about 18 lamellae; distal apex with five lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

MALE. Unknown.

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. French Polynesia: Society Islands (Tahiti).

Figures

FIGURES 38 – 41. 38 – 40. Gonatopus rufus: chela of ♀, Marquesas Islands, Nuku Hiva (38); maxillary palpus (39) and genitalia (40) of ♂, Marquesas Islands, Ootua. 41. G. tahitianus, ♀, holotype, chela. Scale bar 0.33 mm for 38, 0.03 mm for 39, 0.11 mm for 40, 0.59 mm for 41.