Gonatopus lunatus Klug, 1810

Derafshan, Hossein Ali, Olmi, Massimo, Moghaddam, Mostafa Ghafouri & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2020, Taxonomy of Iranian Gonatopodinae (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae), with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4789 (2), pp. 371-402 : 387

Gonatopus lunatus Klug, 1810

Figs 2B , 13 A–13 H, 14, 20E

Gonatopus lunatus Klug, 1810: 164 . Type locality: Germany, Berlin (♀ lectotype, ZMHUB).

Description (♀). Apterous ( Fig. 14 ), length 2.3–3.6 mm. Color. Head yellow-reddish, with or without brown band on vertex; antenna brown, except part of scape witish and pedicel yellow; pronotum black, except anterior surface and disc testaceous-reddish, occasionally with transverse furrow and part of disc brown; mesoscutum yellow, occasionally with anterior and posterior margins brown; usually mesoscutellum and metapectal-propodeal complex black, except testaceous distal apex of first abdominal tergum; occasionally mesoscutellum and metapectal-propodeal complex yellow-reddish; metasoma brown or black, with reddish nuances; legs yellow-reddish, occasionally with coxae and clubs of femora brownish. Head. ( Figs 13 A–13C, 14). Antenna clavate, more than 3.5 times as long as head; antennomeres in following proportions: 7:5:10:7:6:6:5:5:4:6; head excavated, shiny, unsculptured, except occiput and anterior region of frons granulate; frontal line complete; occipital carina absent; POL = 1, OL = 1.5, OOL = 6, greatest breadth of lateral ocelli about as long as POL; palpal formula 4/2. Mesosoma ( Figs 2B , 13 D–13F, 14). Pronotum shiny, granulate, crossed by strong transverse furrow; mesoscutum shiny, sculptured by some longitudinal keels, with two strong lateral pointed apophyses; metanotum flat, slightly transversely striate; mesopleuron and metapleuron not transversely striate; metapectal-propodeal complex shiny or dull, strongly or slightly granulate, with first abdominal tergum transversely striate; disc metapectal-propodeal complex with track median longitudinal furrow; meso-metapleural suture obsolete; protarsomeres in following proportions: 13:2:4:13:21; enlarged claw with one small subapical tooth and four–seven peg-like setae or bristles; protarsomere 5 with inner margin proximally serrated, with two rows of one-three, in addition to 12–17 lamellae (shortest row not extending beyond 0.5 length of segment; distal apex with 9–14 lamellae and two longer lamellae; tibial spurs 1/0/1. Male ( Fig. 20E ). Not found in Iran.

Material examined. 1 ♀ ( MOLC), IRAN, Sistan-o Baluchestan province , Khash- Darre’gol (28°36ʹ10.205ʺN, 061°04ʹ48.789ʺE, 2532 m), 04.VI.2016, swept on weeds, Leg.: M. Ghafouri Moghaddam .

Distribution ( Fig. 22C ). Eastern and Western Palaearctics ( Olmi & Xu 2015).

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FIGURE 2. Redrawn chelae of Gonatopodinae (from Olmi, 1984): A. Gonatopus iranicus Olmi, 1984, holotype; B. Gonatopus lunatus Klug, 1810, from Fontainebleau (France); C. Gonatopus opsiicida Rakhshani & Olmi sp. nov., holotype; D. Haplogonatopus apicalis Perkins, 1905, from Kalugomuwa (Sri Lanka).

FIGURE 13. Gonatopus lunatus Klug, 1810, female from Iran, Khash-Darre’gol: A. Head, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, dorsal view; D. Mesosoma, lateral view; E. Chela, F. Mesosoma, dorsal view; G. Metasoma, lateral view; H. Metasoma, dorsal view.

FIGURE 14. General habitus of Gonatopus lunatus Klug, 1810, female from Iran, Khash-Darre’gol.

FIGURE 20. Redrawn male genitalia of Gonatopodinae Kieffer (from Olmi & Xu, 2015): A. Echthrodelphax tauricus Ponomarenko, 1970, from Torrevieja (Spain); B. Gonatopus camelinus Kieffer, 1904, from Capodimonte (Italy); C. Gonatopus clavipes (Thunberg, 1827), from Sciolze (Italy); D. Gonatopus distinguendus Kieffer, 1905, from Castelmaurou (France); E. Gonatopus lunatus Klug, 1810, from Assergi (Italy); F. Haplogonatopus apicalis Perkins, 1905, from Sri Lanka.

FIGURE 22. Distribution map of the Iranian species of Gonatopodinae. A. Gonatopus distinguendus Kieffer; B. Gonatopus iranicus Olmi; C. Gonatopus lunatus Klug.