Bocchus zimbabwensis Olmi, 1991

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 299-300

33. Bocchus zimbabwensis Olmi, 1991

( Fig. 115D )

Bocchus zimbabwensis Olmi 1991: 236 .

Description. ♂. Fully winged; body length 2.2–2.6 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna brown; mesosoma black; metasoma brown; legs brown, except tarsi testaceous. Antenna filiform; antennomeres in following proportions: 10:5:5.5:6:6:6:5.5:6.5:5.5:8. Head dull, completely reticulate rugose and granulate; frontal line complete; occipital carina complete; head of holotype with POL = 5; OL = 2.5; OOL = 6; OPL = 3; TL = 5. Mesoscutum completely granulate and with numerous irregular keels. Notauli complete, posteriorly separated; minimum distance between notauli longer than greatest breadth of lateral ocelli (4:2). Mesoscutellum shiny, with anterior third unsculptured and posterior surface granulate and with irregular keels. Metanotum shiny, slightly granulate. Metapectal-propodeal disc reticulate rugose, with strong transverse posterior keel; propodeal declivity with two longitudinal keels and median area as rugose as lateral areas. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein shorter than proximal part (7:10). Genitalia in Fig. 115D . Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♀. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♂ holotype: ZIMBABWE: Gokwe, Sengwa , I.1983, B. Bell leg. ( PMA) . Other material: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape, Walker Bay Nature Reserve, 34°27.414’S 19°21.393’E, 57 m, 4.X– 1.XI.1997, MT, South Coast Strandveld , S. van Noort leg., 1♂ ( SAMC) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Figures

FIGURE 115.A–C: chelae of Bocchus species.A: B. richardsi Olmi, holotype. B: B. seyrigi (Benoit), holotype. C: B. watshami Olmi, ♀ from Tanzania, 03°58’S 37°48’E. D: genitalia of B. zimbabwensis Olmi, ♂ holotype. Scale bar: A: 0.08 mm; B: 0.11 mm; C: 0.10 mm; D: 0.13 mm.