Gonatopus cristatus ( Kieffer, 1922 )

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7. Gonatopus cristatus ( Kieffer, 1922)

( Plate 126A–C, F )

Haplogonatopus cristatus Kieffer 1922: 67 .

Megagonatopus birmanus Olmi & Currado 1976: 178 (synonymized by Olmi 1984); type locality: Palon ( Myanmar).

Chalcogonatopus cristatus (Kieffer) : Currado & Olmi 1979: 180.

Gonatopus cristatus (Kieffer) : Olmi 1984: 1652; Penati & Olmi 2012: 78.

nec Gonatopus cristatus (Kieffer) : Fiori 1984: 4.

Description of female ( Plate 126A ): apterous; length 6.2–7.5 mm. Head black, except mandible and lateral regions of clypeus yellow; antenna black, in some specimens with segment 1 brown-yellow; mesoosma and metasoma black; legs black, except tarsi testaceous; in some specimens coxae, clubs of femora and tibiae reddish. Antenna clavate; antennal segments in following proportions: 17:10:36:30:22:22:20:16:14:15. Head ( Plate 126B ) excavated, shiny, smooth, unsculptured; occipital carina absent. Palpal formula 6/3. Pronotum shiny, smooth, unsculptured, crossed by strong transverse impression, with disc not regularly rounded, but posteriorly compressed into median longitudinal carina. Scutum dull, sculptured by some longitudinal keels. Metanotum transversely striate. Metathorax + propodeum ( Plate 126C ) shiny, with anterior surface unsculptured and posterior surface transversely striate. Mesopleuron and metapleuron transversely striate. Meso-metapleural obsolete. Protarsal segments in following proportions: 26:4:10:32:46. Enlarged claw ( Plate 126F ) with one small subapical tooth and one row of eight peg-like hairs. Segment 5 of protarsus ( Plate 126F ) with inner side proximally not serrated, with two rows of 36–46 lamellae beginning in proximal third of segment 5; distal apex with at least 15–17 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Types: ♀ holotype of H. cristatus : PHILIPPINES: Negros Island, Cuernos Mountains ( USNM) ; ♀ holotype of M. birmanus : MYANMAR: Yangon Division, Pegu (= Pegù; = Bago), Palon , VIII–IX.1887, leg. L. Fea ( MCSNG) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Philippines (Negros), Myanmar (Yangon).

Remarks. The record from India, Orissa, reported in Fiori (1984) is related to Gonatopus superbus Olmi.

Figures

PLATE 126. A. Dorsal view. Length 7.5 mm. B, D, E. Heads. C. Mesosoma. F. Chela. A–C, F. Gonatopus cristatus (=Megagonatopus birmanus Olmi & Currado, 1976), female from Myanmar (from Olmi & Currado, 1976). D, E. Gonatopus daunus, holotype, frontal view (D) and dorsal view (E) (from Olmi 1984). Scale bar 2.27 mm for B, 1.55 mm for C, 0.94 mm for D and E, 0.36 mm for F.