Gonatopus, Ljungh, 1810

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 469-470

Afrotropical Gonatopus Group 6: key to the ♀♀

1. Mesosoma and head yellow-testaceous or reddish........................................................... 2 - Mesosoma and head at least partly black or brown........................................................... 5 2. Antenna brown or black, except scape testaceous........................................... G. mossambicus Olmi - Antenna totally testaceous.............................................................................. 3 3. Head almost flat........................................................................ G. ochreus (Olmi) - Head excavated ( Fig. 202D )............................................................................ 4 4. Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, unsculptured................................................ G. vulgaris Olmi - Metapectal-propodeal disc dull, granulate................................................... G. rubripes (Olmi) 5. Head completely flat ( Fig. 202G ).............................................. G. yemenensis Olmi & van Harten - Head excavated ( Fig. 198D )............................................................................ 6 6. Metapectal-propodeal disc sloping strongly anteriorly ( Fig. 203C )................................ G. zairensis (Olmi)

- Metapectal-propodeal disc sloping weakly anteriorly ( Figs 198F , 202C, F )....................................... 7

7. Metapectal-propodeal disc shiny, unsculptured; propodeal declivity, meso- and metapleuron trasversely striate........... 8

- Metapectal-propodeal disc dull, granulate; propodeal declivity, meso- and metapleuron granulate or occasionally transversely striate.............................................................................................. 9

8. Mesosoma brown-reddish or black-reddish, with mesoscutum yellow.............................. G. vulgaris Olmi

- Mesosoma black, including mesoscutum black................................................ G. nigrior (Olmi)

9. Propodeal declivity completely granulate, not transversely striate.................................... G. afer (Olmi)

- Propodeal declivity transversely striate........................................................ G. varipes Brues

Figures

FIGURE 198. A, B: Gonatopus flavotestaceus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort sp. nov., ♀ holotype: mesosoma in lateral view (A); chela (B). C: Gonatopus pallidior (Olmi), chela of ♀ holotype. D–G: Gonatopus afer (Olmi), ♀ holotype: head in frontal view (D); mesosoma in dorsal (E) and lateral (F) view; chela (G). Scale bar: A: 0.88 mm; B: 0.07 mm; C: 0.08 mm; D: 0.21 mm; E, F: 0.83 mm; G: 0.06 mm.

FIGURE 202. Gonatopus species, group 6. A–C: G. varipes Brues, ♀ holotype: head in frontal view (A); mesosoma in dorsal (B) and lateral (C) view. D–F: G. vulgaris Olmi, ♀ holotype: head in frontal view (D); mesosoma in dorsal (E) and lateral (F) view. G–I: G. yemenensis Olmi & van Harten, ♀ holotype: head in frontal (G) and dorsal (H) view; mesosoma in lateral view (I). Scale bar: A, G: 0.24 mm; B: 0.81 mm; C, E, F: 0.66 mm; D: 0.16 mm; H: 0.23 mm; I: 0.98 mm.

FIGURE 203. Gonatopus species, group 6. A–C, E: G. zairensis (Olmi), ♀ holotype: head in frontal view (A); mesosoma in dorsal (B) and lateral (C) view; chela (E). D: G. vulgaris Olmi, ♀ holotype: chela. F: G. yemenensis Olmi & van Harten, ♀ holotype: chela. Scale bar: A: 0.21 mm; B, C: 0.72 mm; D, E: 0.05 mm; F: 0.09 mm.