Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea)
Author
Olmi, Massimo
Author
Copeland, Robert S.
Author
Noort, Simon Van
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-10
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4630.1.1
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7.
Dryinus chamaeleo
Benoit, 1954
(
Fig. 126A
)
Dryinus chamaeleo
Benoit 1954: 409
;
Olmi 1984: 775
;
1994c: 10
;
Azevedo
et al
. 2010: 889
.
Description.
♀
. Fully winged; body length 6.0–
6.2 mm
.
Holotype
with head reddish,except brown spot on frons; antenna testaceous; propleuron black; mesosoma brown-reddish, except metapectal-propodeal disc and propodeal declivity black; metasoma brown-reddish; legs ferruginous. In specimen from
Madagascar
,
24°56.21’S
46°37.60’E
, head brown, except mandible, clypeus and anterior region of frons ferruginous; antenna testaceous; propleuron, pronotum and mesoscutum brown, with ferruginous nuances; rest of mesosoma black; metasoma brown; legs brown, except tarsi, articulations and part of procoxa testaceous. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 10:5:48:27:22:15:12:10:8:10. Head shiny, slightly punctate (in specimen from
Madagascar
,
24°56.21’S
46°37.60’E
, punctate and slightly granulate), with many irregular longitudinal keels on frons; frontal line complete; occipital carina complete; lateral ocelli not touching occipital carina; POL = 1; OL = 1; OOL = 13; OPL = 1; TL = 6; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli longer than OPL (3:1). Pronotum shiny, unsculptured, except lateral regions sculptured by numerous longitudinal keels; pronotum crossed by slight anterior transverse impression and strong posterior transverse furrow; anterior collar slight; posterior collar long; disc humped; pronotal tubercle not reaching tegula. Mesoscutum shiny, punctate, unsculptured among punctures in
holotype
, slightly granulate among punctures in specimen from
Madagascar
,
24°56.21’S
46°37.60’E
. Notauli incomplete, approximately reaching 0.65–0.70 × length of mesoscutum. Mesoscutellum shiny, punctate, with numerous curvilinear longitudinal keels. Metanotum punctate and rugose. Metapectal-propodeal disc reticulate rugose, about twice as long as propodeal declivity; propodeal declivity reticulate rugose, without longitudinal keels. Forewing with two dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein about twice as long as proximal part. Protarsomere 1 about as long as 4; protarsomere 3 produced into hook. Enlarged claw (
Fig. 126A
) with one large subdistal tooth and one row of 14 lamellae. Protarsomere 5 (
Fig. 126A
) with two rows of about 42 lamellae; apex with approximately 12–20 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.
♂
. Unknown.
Benoit (1954)
described a
♂
allotype
; however it was not obtained by rearing (
Benoit 1954
), so that it is not sure that it is the opposite sex of the described
♀
(
Olmi 1984
).
Material examined
.
Types
:
♀
holotype
:
MADAGASCAR
:
Toliara
,
Behara
,
II.1938
,
A. Seyrig
leg. (
MNHN
).
Paratypes
:
MADAGASCAR
:
Toamasina
,
Ivondro
,
III.1940
, A. Seyrig leg.,
1♀
(
MRAC
); samel locality label,
II.1940,
1
♀ (
MNHN
);
Toliara
, same locality label as
holotype
,
III.1937
,
II. 1938
,
III.1939,
8
♀♀ (
5 in
MNHN
,
3 in
MRAC
);
Toliara
,
Bekily
,
IV.1937
, A. Seyrig leg.,
1♂
allotype
(
MNHN
); same locality label,
IV.1937,
1
♀ (
MNHN
); same locality label,
X.1936
,
IV.1942,
2
♀♀ (
MRAC
).
Other material
:
MADAGASCAR
:
Toliara
,
Andohahela National Park
,
Tsimelahy
, parcelle II,
24°56.21’S
46°37.60’E
,
180 m
,
16–17.XII.2002
, MT, transitional forest, M. Irwin, F. Parker & R. Harin’Hala leg., MA–
02–20–09
,
1♀
(
CAS
)
.
Hosts
. Unknown.
Distribution
.
Madagascar
.