Gonatopus plebeius (R. Perkins, 1912 )

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21. Gonatopus plebeius (R. Perkins, 1912)

( Plate 130E, F )

Dicondylus plebeius R. Perkins 1912: 15 .

Gonatopus plebeius (R. Perkins) : Olmi 1984: 1647; Guglielmino & Olmi 1997: 229 Description of female Apterous; length 2.9–3.1 mm. Testaceous-reddish, except petiole black, metasoma blackbrown and antennal segments 3–10 brown. Antenna clavate. Head ( Plate 130E ) excavated, shiny, smooth, hairless, unsculptured or weakly granulated; occipital carina absent. Palpal formula 4/2 or 5/2. Pronotum shiny, hairless, unsculptured, crossed by strong transverse impression. Scutum unsculptured. Metanotum short, about as long as scutellum, not hollow behind scutellum. Metathorax + propodeum shiny, with anterior surface unsculptured and posterior surface transversely striate. Mesopleuron and metapleuron not transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete. Segment 1 of protarsus slightly shorter than segment 4 (9:11). Enlarged claw ( Plate 130F ) with one small subapical tooth and eight–nine peg-like hairs. Segment 5 of protarsus ( Plate 130F ) with inner margin proximally serrated, with one row of 13–16 lamellae; distal apex with 10–16 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ lectotype (designated by Olmi, 1982): INDONESIA: Java, Pekalongan , 1907, reared from jassid nymph, F. Muir ( BPBM). Paratypes: same locality label as lectotype, two female paralectotypes ( BPBM). Other material. CHINA: Guangdong, Mt. Yunjishan, reared from Cicadellid , parasitized host collected 9.VI.2002, dryinid cocooning 12.VI.2002, dryinid adult emerged 8.VII.2002, M. Olmi leg. ( MOLC). INDONESIA: Java, Roban ( BPBM); Indonesia, 1955–1960, H.H.F. Hamann leg., 1♀ ( OLL). MALAYSIA: Malaya, Serdang ( DBUS) .

Hosts. Cicadellidae ( Guglielmino & Olmi, 1997) : in Malaysia (Malaya): Nephotettix nigropictus (Stål) ( Guglielmino & Olmi, 1997) .

Distribution. China (Guangdong), Indonesia (Java), Malaysia (Malaya).

Figures

PLATE 130. A, E. Heads, frontal view. B. Head, dorsal view. C, H. Mesosoma, lateral view. D, F, I. Chelae. G. Mesosoma, dorsal view. A–D. Gonatopus philippinus, holotype (from Olmi 1984). E, F. G. plebeius, female from Indonesia (from Olmi 1984). G–I. G.rufoniger (=G. indianus), holotype (from Olmi 1984). Scale bar 1.60 mm for A and B, 0.91 mm for C, 0.19 mm for D, 1.22 mm for E, 0.18 mm for F, 0.61 mm for G and H, 0.25 mm for I.