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