Gonatopus nigricans ( Perkins, 1905 )

Xu, Zaifu, Olmi, Massimo, Guglielmino, Adalgisa & Chen, Huayan, 2012, Checklist of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera) from Guangdong Province, China, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3231, pp. 1-28 : 22-23

69. Gonatopus nigricans ( Perkins, 1905)

Paragonatopus nigricans Perkins 1905: 41 .

Pseudogonatopus melanacrias Perkins 1906: 487 ; synonymized by Perkins (1912). Pseudogonatopus hospes Perkins 1912: 13 ; synonymized by He & Xu (2002). Gonatopus sauteri Strand 1913: 209 ; synonymized by Olmi (1984).

Material examined. Lectotype (Ƥ) and paralectotype (1 Ƥ) of Paragonatopus nigricans (designated by Olmi 1982): Australia, Queensland, Bundaberg, 19.XI.1904, reared [ BPBM]. China: Guangdong: Conghua, 28.VI.1978, Junhua He coll., 1 Ƥ [ ZJUC]; Zhaoqing, VI.1998, Yufang Liu coll., 2 Ƥs [ ZJUC]; Yangjiang, VIII.1976, Renhuan Hou coll., 1 Ƥ [ ZJUC]; Xingfeng County, Yunjinshan Provincial Nature Reserve, 9.VI.2002, 18.VII.2003, 19.VII.2003, Zaifu Xu coll., 3 Ƥ [ ZJUC]; same locality, 20.VII.2003, Ping Li coll., 2 Ƥs [ ZJUC]; Shixing County, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 21.VIII.2003, Zaifu Xu coll., 3 Ƥ [ ZJUC]; Nanling National Nature Reserve, Ruyang, on grass, parasitized host collected 12.IX.2004, dryinid cocooning 14.IX.2004, dryinid adult emerged X.2004, M. Olmi reared from adult of unidentified Delphacidae , 1 Ƥ [ MOLC]; same locality, parasitized host collected 12.IX.2004, dryinid cocooning 14.IX.2004, dryinid adult emerged X.2004, M. Olmi reared from adult of unidentified Delphacidae , 1 Ƥ [ MOLC]; same locality, parasitized host collected 12.IX.2004, dryinid cocooning 15.IX.2004, dryinid adult emerged X.2004, M. Olmi reared from adult of unidentified Delphacidae , 1 Ƥ [ MOLC]; Nankunshan Provincial Nature Reserve, 2.VII.2005, Zaifu Xu coll., 1 Ƥ [ ZJUC]; Yang Jiang City, Hailing Town, 1980, Renhuan Hou coll., 10 Ƥ [ ZJUC]; Huaiji County, 21–22.X.2007, Zaifu Xu coll., 1 Ƥ [ SCAU].

Hosts. Delphacidae ( Guglielmino & Olmi 1997, 2006): in Australia: Liburnia sp., Stenocranus sp.; in China ( He & Xu 2002): Laodelphax striatellus (Fallén) , Perkinsiella saccharicida Kirkaldy ; in the Hawaii: Perkinsiella saccharicida Kirkaldy (introduced for biological control); in Malaysia: Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) , Sogatella furcifera (Horváth) ; in Thailand: Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) .

Distribution. Oriental. China: Taiwan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guizhou, Hainan, Guangdong ( He & Xu 2002); India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Fiji Islands, Hawaii ( Olmi 1984).