Gonatopus rufulus ( Olmi, 1984 )

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 464-465

44. Gonatopus rufulus ( Olmi, 1984)

( Figs 195B, C, E )

Apterodryinus rufulus Olmi 1984: 1347 .

Gonatopus rufulus (Olmi) : Olmi 1998c: 74; 1998d: 179; 2006: 47; 2009b: 459.

Description. ♀. Apterous; body length 3.7–4.8 mm. Completely ferruginous, except petiole black. Antenna cla- vate; antennomeres in following proportions: 24:13:40:24:20:17:15:12:12:16. Head ( Fig. 195B ) excavated, dull, granulate; frontal line complete; occipital carina incomplete, only shortly present on sides of lateral ocelli; POL = 4; OL = 5; OOL = 21. Palpal formula 6/3. Pronotum crossed by strong transverse impression, with collar shiny and slightly granulate and disc dull and strongly granulate. Mesoscutum dull, granulate, without lateral pointed apophyses. Metanotum dull, transversely striate, weakly excavated behind mesoscutellum ( Fig. 195C ), laterally slightly protruding (protrusions slightly pointed). Metapectal-propodeal disc dull, granulate, very sloping anteriorly ( Fig. 195C ); propodeal declivity transversely striate. Mesopleuron and metapleuron not transversely striate. Meso- metapleural suture distinct and complete. Protarsomere 1 shorter than 4 (14:16). Enlarged claw ( Fig. 195E ) with one large subdistal tooth and one row of eight lamellae. Protarsomere 5 ( Fig. 195E ) with two rows of approximately 22–24 lamellae; apex with approximately 20 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Port St. Johns , 29.I–5.II.1924, R.E. Turner leg. ( NHMUK). Paratype: same locality label as holotype, XII.1923, 1 ♀ ( NHMUK). Other mate- rial: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal, Eshowe, near Ntumeni Nature Reserve , 28°52.08’S 31°22.41’E, 680 m, 26–28.X.2007, YPT, Kolyada & Mostovski leg., 1♀ ( NMSA).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa.

Figures

FIGURE 195. Gonatopus species: group 4. A: G. owaini Olmi, ♀ holotype: mesoscutum + mesoscutellum + metapectal-pro- podeal disc + propodeal declivity in lateral view. B, C, E: G. rufulus Olmi, ♀ holotype: head in frontal view (B); mesoscutum + mesoscutellum + metapectal-propodeal disc + propodeal declivity in lateral view (C); chela (E). D, G: G. tanzanianus Olmi, ♀ holotype: mesosoma in lateral view (D); chela (G). F: G. subrufulus Olmi, ♀ holotype: chela. Scale bar: A: 1.06 mm; B: 0.38 mm; C: 0.88 mm; D: 1.25 mm; E, G: 0.09 mm; F: 0.12 mm.