Gonatopus validus Xu & Olmi & He 2013, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Xu, Zaifu
name: Olmi, Massimo
name: He, Junhua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Dryinidae
Gonatopus
Gonatopus validus

description: 10. Gonatopus validus (Olmi, 1984), comb. nov.
(Plate 117E – H)
Pseudogonatopus validus Olmi 1984: 1248.
Description of Female. Apterous; length 2.5 mm. Holotype with head testaceous-reddish or brown-reddish, except mandible, clypeus and anterior region of face yellow; antenna brown, except segments 1–2 yellow; mesosoma reddish, or testaceous, or brown-reddish; petiole black; metasoma brown-reddish; legs yellow. In specimen from China, Mt. Yunjishan, body brown-testaceous, with antenna brown, except segments 1–2 testaceous and segment 10 whitish. In specimen from China, Fengxi, antenna testaceous-darkened, except segments 1–2 testaceous and segment 10 whitish. Antenna clavate; antennal segments of holotype in following proportions: 17:14:27:14:13:11:11:11:11:21. Antennal segments of specimen from China, Fengxi, in following proportions: 8:5:20:6.5:5:4.5:5:5:5:9. Head (Plate 117E) excavated, shiny, smooth, unsculptured. Palpal formula of holotype 4/ 2. In specimens from China, Fengxi, and China, Mt. Nankunshan, palpal formula 5/2. Pronotum (Plate 117F) crossed by strong transverse impression, shiny, smooth and unsculptured. Scutum and scutellum shiny, smooth, unsculptured. Mesopleuron transversely striate. Metanotum not transversely striate, with sides protruding; lateral protrusions of metanotum rounded (Plate 117G). Metathorax + propodeum smooth, shiny, unsculptured; posterior surface of propodeum and metapleuron transversely striate. Meso-metapleural suture only posteriorly distinct. Segment 1 of protarsus of holotype about as long as segment 4. In specimen from China, Mt. Yunjishan, segment 1 of protarsus slightly longer than segment 4 (13:12). Enlarged claw (Plate 117H) with one large subapical tooth and one row of five lamellae. Segment 5 of protarsus (Plate 117H) with two rows of 13 lamellae; distal apex with about nine lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.
Male. Unknown.
Material examined. Types: holotype ♀: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Spooner Road, 8.III.1936, H.T. Pagden leg. (BMNH). Paratype: SRI LANKA: Gampaha District, Yakkala, 1♀ (AMNH). Other material. CHINA: Guangdong, Mt. Yunjishan, M. Olmi reared from an unidentified Delphacid, parasitized host collected 9.VI.2002, dryinid cocooning 12.VI.2002, dryinid adult emerged 29.VI.2002 (MOLC); Guangdong, Shixing County, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 21–31.VIII.2003, Jujian Chen leg., 1♀ (ZJUC); Guangdong, Meizhou, Fengxi, 30.VII.2003, Jingxian Liu leg., 1♀ (ZJUC); Guangdong, Mt. Nankunshan, 27–29.IX.2011, YPT, Zaifu Xu leg., 1♀ (SCAU).
Hosts. Unknown.
Distribution. China (Guangdong), Malaysia (Malaya), Sri Lanka (Gampaha).
Group 3
Five species are known.
Oriental Gonatopus group 3: key to the females
1. Disc of metathorax + propodeum sculptured by strong transverse keels.......................... G. bengalensis (Olmi)
- Disc of metathorax + propodeum not sculptured by strong transverse keels; transverse keels present only on posterior surface of propodeum; occasionally short keels are present on ground of median furrow................................... 2
2. Vertex of head and metathorax + propodeum very shiny, smooth, unsculptured, except transverse striae on posterior surface of propodeum, metapleuron and occasionally mesopleuron...................................................... 3
- Vertex of head and metathorax + propodeum dull, granulated.................................................. 4
3. Median furrow of metathorax + propodeum less deep (Plate 118B); lateral regions of scutum with one or two transverse keels (Plate 118A)......................................................................... G. borneanus (Olmi)
- Median furrow of metathorax + propodeum deeper (Plate 119A); lateral regions of scutum with four transverse keels (Plate 119C).............................................................................. G. pajanensis (Olmi)
4. Antenna short, more thickened distally and with segment 9 slightly longer than broad................. G. insularis (Olmi)
- Antenna long, less thickened distally and with segment 9 about three times as long as broad............ G. pyrillae (Mani)
description: Published as part of Xu, Zaifu, Olmi, Massimo & He, Junhua, 2013, Dryinidae of the Oriental region (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), pp. 1-460 in Zootaxa 3614 (1) on pages 380-382, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3614.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5278372