Gonatopus pyrillae 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 pyrillae

description: 5. Gonatopus pyrillae (Mani, 1942), comb. nov.
(Plate 119D, E)
Pseudogonatopus pyrillae Mani 1942: 161; Kurian 1954a: 258.
Agonatopoides pyrillae (Mani): Olmi 1984: 1336.
Description of Female. Apterous; length 4.2 mm. Testaceous-reddish, except metasoma black. Antenna clavate; antennal segments in following proportions: 11:8:30:20:15:13:10:10:9:11; antennal segment 3 about three times as long as broad (9:3). Head excavated, dull, granulated; frontal line complete; occipital carina absent; POL = 1; OL = 3; OOL = 14. Palpal formula 5/3. Pronotum shiny, weakly granulated, crossed by strong transverse impression. Scutum shiny, weakly granulated. Scutellum shiny, indistinct. Metanotum hollow behind scutellum, with sides protruding; lateral protrusions pointed. Metathorax + propodeum with anterior surface dull, granulated and posterior surface transversely striate; disc rugose, with deep median longitudinal furrow. Meso-metapleural suture distinct and complete. Mesopleuron not transversely striate. Metapleuron transversely striate. Protarsal segments in following proportions: 22:5:7:25:40. Segment 3 of protarsus produced into hook. Enlarged claw (Plate 119E) with one large subdistal tooth and one row of 11 lamellae + one bristle. Segment 5 of protarsus (Plate 119E) with one row of 15 lamellae; distal apex with about nine lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/1.
Description of Male. Fully winged; length 2.4 mm. Head brown, except mandible testaceous; antenna testaceous; mesosoma and metasoma brown; legs testaceous. Antenna filiform; antennal segments in following proportions: 7:6:8:7:7:6:6:6:6:9; antennal segment 3 less than three times as long as broad (8:3). Head dull, granulated; frontal line absent; occipital carina absent; temple distinct; POL = 8; OL = 4; OOL = 4; greatest breadth of posterior ocelli shorter than OL (3:4). Palpal formula 5/3. Scutum shiny, granulated. Notauli complete, posteriorly separated; minimum distance between notauli slightly shorter than greatest breadth of posterior ocelli (1.5:3). Scutellum and metanotum shiny, smooth, punctate, unsculptured among punctures. Propodeum dull, reticulate rugose, without longitudinal or transverse keels; dorsal surface with median narrow longitudinal furrow. Fore wing hyaline, without dark transverse bands. Dorsal process of paramere (Plate 119D) long, distally broad. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.
Material examined. Types: holotype ♀: INDIA: Punjab, Karnal, 7.X.1941, reared from Pyrilla sp., Lakshmanan leg. (IARI). Paratype: INDIA: Uttar Pradesh, Meerut, Daurala Farm, 23.X.1938, reared from Pyrilla sp., Lakshmanan leg., ♂ allotype (IARI). According to Mani (1942) there are three female paratypes.
Hosts. Lophopidae (Guglielmino & Olmi, 1997): in India: Pyrilla sp. (Mani, 1942).
Distribution. India (Punjab, Uttar Pradesh).
Group 4
Four species are known.
Oriental Gonatopus group 4: key to the females
1. Antenna very long, slender, with segment 4 approximately four times as long as segment 2................. G.asiae Olmi
- Antenna short, with segment 4 less than three times as long as segment 2......................................... 2
2. Meso-metapleural suture obsolete; metanotum not hollow behind scutellum........................... G. insulae Olmi
- Meso-metapleural suture distinct and complete; metanotum slightly hollow behind scutellum......................... 3
3. Anterior surface of metathorax + propodeum sculptured by many longitudinal striae....................... G.lini Olmi
- Anterior surface of metathorax + propodeum smooth, unsculptured, not sculptured by many longitudinal striae................................................................................... G.hagoromo Terayama & Ohbayashi
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 384-386, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3614.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5278372