Aphelopus mostovskii Olmi, 2009

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 4630 (1), pp. 1-619 : 46

3. Aphelopus mostovskii Olmi, 2009

( Fig. 13A )

Aphelopus mostovskii Olmi 2009b: 448 .

Description. ♀. Fully winged; body length 1.6–1.9 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna brown, except scape and pedicel testaceous; mesosoma black; metasoma brown; proleg testaceous; mesoleg testaceous, except femur brown; metaleg brown, except coxa and trochanter testaceous. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 5:4:4:4:4:4:4:4:4:6. Head dull, granulate; frontal line incomplete, not present in front of anterior ocellus; occipital carina complete; POL = 5; OL = 3; OOL = 3; OPL = 2; TL = 3; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli about as long as OPL. Mesoscutum dull, granulate. Notauli complete, posteriorly separated; minimum distance between notauli longer than greatest breadth of lateral ocelli (3:2). Occasionally notauli incomplete, reaching about 0.85–0.90 × length of mesoscutum. Mesoscutellum and metanotum shiny, slightly granulate. Metapectal-propodeal disc reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity with two longitudinal keels and median area less rugose than anterior surface. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; 2r-rs&Rs vein regularly curved. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

♂. Fully winged; body length 1.5–1.6 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna brown; mesosoma and metasoma black; legs brown. Antenna filiform; antennomeres in following proportions: 5:4:4:4:4.5:5:4.5:4.5:4. 5:7. Head dull, granulate; frontal line incomplete, not present in front of anterior ocellus; occipital carina complete; POL = 5; OL = 3; OOL = 3; OPL = 1.5; TL = 3; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli shorter than OL (2:3). Mesoscutum dull, granulate. Notauli complete, posteriorly separated; minimum distance between notauli longer than greatest breadth of lateral ocelli (3:2). Mesoscutellum and metanotum shiny, unsculptured. Metapectal-propodeal disc reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity with two longitudinal keels and median area shiny, granulate. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; 2r-rs&Rs vein regularly curved. Basivolsella ( Fig. 13A ) with 2 subdistal bristles and lateral basal process. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Material examined. Types: ♂ holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal, Royal Natal National Park, Gudu Forest , 28°40.90’S 28°55.78’E, 1680–1730 m, 18.XI.2006 – 27.II.2007, MT, M. Mostovski leg. ( NMSA) . Paratypes: SOUTH AFRICA: same locality label as holotype , 1♀ ( NMSA); KwaZulu-Natal, Royal Natal National Park, Mahai Camp , 28°41.27’S 28°56.86’E, 1450 m, 24.XI–6.XII.2005, YPT, M. Mostovski leg. , 1♂ ( MOLC); KwaZulu-Natal, Cathedral Peak Nature Reserve, Rainbow Gorge , 28°57.60’S 29°13.61’E, 1480 m, 18.XI.2006 – 26.II.2007, MT, M. Mostovski leg. , 1♂, 2♀♀ ( NMSA); same locality label , 1♀ ( MOLC) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa.

Figures

FIGURE 13. A–F: ♂ genitalia (right half removed). A: Aphelopus mostovskii Olmi, holotype. B: Aphelopus sequeirai Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, sp. nov., holotype. C: Aphelopus severancei Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, holotype. D: Aphelopus testaceus Olmi, holotype. E: Aphelopus vernonensis Olmi, holotype. F: Aphelopus wittei Benoit, from Yemen, Sana’a. G: 2r-rs&Rs vein of Aphelopus vernonensis Olmi ♂ from Madagascar. Scale bar: A: 0.08 mm; B: 0.10 mm; C, E, F: 0.09 mm; D: 0.07 mm; G: 0.12 mm.