Gonatopus yunnanensis Xu, Olmi & He, 2013

Xu, Zaifu, Olmi, Massimo & He, Junhua, 2013, Dryinidae of the Oriental region (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 3614 (1), pp. 1-460 : 424-425

30. Gonatopus yunnanensis Xu, Olmi & He , sp. nov.

( Plate 138D – F )

Description of Female. Apterous; length 2.4–3.1 mm. Head brown-testaceous, except mandible, clypeus and anterior region of face testaceous; antenna testaceous, except segments 9–10 brown; mesosoma brown-testaceous, except scutum mostly yellow; metasoma brown; legs brown-testaceous. Antenna clavate; antennal segments in following proportions: 7:5:18:10:9:7:6:6:5:7. Head excavated, shiny, smooth, unsculptured; frontal line complete; occipital carina incomplete, only present behind ocellar triangle; POL = 1; OL = 1; OOL = 8; greatest breadth of posterior ocelli about as long as POL. Palpal formula 6/3. Pronotum crossed by strong transverse impression, shiny, smooth and unsculptured. Scutum shiny, unsculptured, laterally with two pointed apophyses ( Plate 138E ). Scutellum shiny, smooth, slightly inclined. Metanotum smooth, unsculptured, hollow behind scutellum ( Plate 138D ), with sides protruding; lateral protrusions rounded ( Plate 138E ). Metathorax + propodeum shiny, unsculptured, except posterior surface of propodeum partly transversely striate. Mesopleuron and metapleuron smooth, shiny, unsculptured. Meso-metapleural suture distinct and complete. Protarsal segments in following proportions: 13:2:3:17:24. Enlarged claw ( Plate 138F ) with one small subapical tooth and one row of five peg-like hairs + one hair. Segment 5 of protarsus ( Plate 138F ) with inner side proximally not serrated, with two rows of 12 + 18 lamellae; distal apex with at least 16 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: holotype ♀: CHINA: Yunnan, Jinghong, Naban River National Nature Reserve , 19–23.VII.2011, YPT, Nasen Wei et al. leg. ( SCAU) . Paratype: same locality label, 1♀ ( SCAU) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Group 10

Four species are known.

Oriental Gonatopus group 10: key to the females

1. Meso-metapleural suture distinct and complete, occasionally slightly visible, occasionally incomplete (only posterior part visible)................................................................................................ 2

- Meso-metaplural suture obsolete......................................................................... 3

2. Metathorax + propodeum with slight or strong median furrow.............................. G. lankae (Ponomarenko)

- Metathorax + propodeum without median furrow............................................... G. validus (Olmi)

3. Sides of metanotum laterally very prominent ( Plate 133C ); metanotum hollow behind scutellum......... G.indicus (Olmi)

- Sides of metanotum laterally less prominent ( Plate 106B ); metanotum not hollow behind scutellum...... G. asiaticus (Olmi)

Figures

PLATE 106. A. Gonatopus longicollis, female from Spain. Length 4.8 mm (from Olmi 1999a). B. G. asiaticus, holotype. Length 3.0 mm (from Olmi 1984).

PLATE 133. A. Lateral view. Length 3.0 mm. B, D. Chelae. C. Scutum and metathorax + propodeum, dorsal view. A, B. Gonatopus asiaticus, holotype (from Olmi 1984). C, D. G.indicus, holotype (from Olmi 1987a). Scale bar 0.15 mm for B, 0.54 mm for C and 0.19 mm for D.

PLATE 138. A, B. Ponomarenkoa polonica, holotype (from Ponomarenko 1988a). C. Anteon zoilum sp. nov., holotype. D–F. Gonatopus yunnanensis sp. nov., holotype. C, F. Chelae. D. Mesosoma, lateral view. E. Mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bar 1.67 mm for A and B, 0.11 mm for C, 0.11 mm for D, 0.7 mm for E and F.