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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45.
Dryinus aethiopicus
(
Olmi, 1984
)
(
Figs 144D
,
145A, B
,
147A
)
Mesodryinus aethiopicus
Olmi 1984: 1008
.
Dryinus aethiopicus
(Olmi)
:
Olmi 2004a: 357
; Olmi
et al
. 2015: 356; 2016: 73.
Description.
♀
(
Figs 145A, B
). Fully winged; body length
5.3–6.9 mm
. Head black, except mandible and clypeus ferruginous; propleuron black; pronotum black, except margins and posterior collar reddish; rest of mesosoma black; metasoma black-brown, some× with apex reddish; legs testaceous, except coxae and clubs of femora black or brown. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 16:6:27:19:14:11:9:9:8:10. Head shiny, completely reticulate rugose; occipital carina complete; OL shorter than POL; OPL shorter than OL. In specimen from
Kenya
, 00°61.517’S 34°09.200’’E, POL = 6; OL = 5; OOL = 11; OPL = 2; temple absent; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli longer than OPL (3:2). Pronotum dull, granulate, not humped, crossed by slight anterior and posterior transverse impressions; posterior collar short, slightly visible; pronotal tubercle not reaching tegula. Mesoscutum dull, granulate and reticulate rugose. Notauli absent. Mesoscutum with two longitudinal keels on place of notauli and reaching approximately 0.5 × length of mesoscutum. Mesoscutellum dull, granulate and partly reticulate rugose. Metanotum completely reticulate rugose. Metapectal-propodeal disc reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity reticulate rugose, with two long longitudinal keels. Forewing with two dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein longer than proximal part (20:13). In
holotype
, protarsomere 1 about as long as 4; protarsomere 3 produced into hook. In specimen from
Kenya
, 00°61.517’S
34°09.200’E
, Protarsomeres in following proportions: 16:4:8:16:31. Protrochanter about twice as long as broad. Enlarged claw (
Fig. 144D
) without subdistal teeth and with three distal lamellae. Protarsomere 5 (
Fig. 144D
) with two rows of approximately 42 lamellae extending continuously to apex (one row is composed of very long lamellae). Tibial spurs 1/1/2.
♂
. Fully winged; body length
4.4 mm
. Head black, except mandible and clypeus testaceous; antenna testaceous; mesosoma black; metasoma brown; legs testaceous, except coxae and clubs of femora black. Antenna filiform; antennomeres in following proportions: 9:6:20:13:13:14:12:11:9:12. Head shiny, reticulate rugose; occipital carina incomplete; lateral ocelli not touching occipital carina; OL shorter than POL; OPL shorter than OL; temple very short. Mesoscutum shiny, reticulate rugose. Notauli absent. Mesoscutellum dull, granulate, with some areolae. Metanotum reticulate rugose. Metapectal-propodeal disc reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity reticulate rugose, without longitudinal keels. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein longer than proximal part (17:9). Genitalia in
Fig. 147A
. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.
Material examined
.
Types
:
♀
holotype
:
SIERRA LEONE
:
Njala
,
VII.1928
,
E. Hargreaves
leg. (NHMUK)
.
Paratypes
:
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
:
Boukoko
,
1♀
,
1♂
(MNHN)
.
SIERRA LEONE
: same locality label as
holotype
,
11.VII.1925
, on cotton leaf,
1♀
(NHMUK);
Freetown
,
1♀
(AEIC)
.
Other material
:
KENYA
:
Nyanza Prov.
,
Ungoye
, ICIPE
Field Station
,
00°61.517’S
34°09.200’E
,
1147 m
, MT, inside seasonally swampy forest,
25.V–8.VI.2006
,
R. Copeland
leg.,
1♀
(NMK)
.
Hosts
. In Central African Republic: unidentified Dictyopharidae (Olmi 1984).
Distribution
. Central African Republic, Kenya, Sierra Leone.