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Neodryinus tussaci Olmi 2004

Description

6. Neodryinus tussaci Olmi, 2004

(Fig. 251F)

Neodryinus tussaci Olmi 2004e: 179; Olmi et al. 2016: 85.

Description. ♀. Fully winged; body length 4.7–5.0 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous (in specimen from Uganda, 0°34.390’N 30°21.658’E, clypeus brown); antenna brown (in specimen from Uganda, 0°34.390’N 30°21.658’E, ventral side of scape and pedicel and part of flagellomere 1 testaceous); mesosoma black, except lateral regions of pronotum testaceous; metasoma brown; proleg black, except protarsomeres 3–5 and enlarged claw testaceous; meso- and metalegs black, except tarsi testaceous (except brown last tarsomere). In specimen from Uganda, 0°34.390’N 30°21.658’E, extremities of metafemur testaceous. Antenna clavate; antennomeres in following proportions: 10:6:29:17:12:11:9:8:7:9.5; antennal ADOs present in antennomeres 6–10. Head dull, slightly excavated, reticulate rugose and granulate; frontal line incomplete, absent in anterior third of frons; occipital carina incomplete, only present behind and on sides of lateral ocelli (laterally reaching about 0.5 length of OOL); POL = 2; OL = 2.5; OOL = 10; lateral ocelli touching occipital carina; temple absent. Palpal formula 6/3. Pronotum crossed by strong transverse impression, dull, setose, granulate and with tracks of many longitudinal and parallel striae on anterior collar, lateral regions and disc; posterior edges of pronotum rounded, not produced into lobes. Mesoscutum dull, setose, granulate and reticulate rugose. Notauli absent. Mesoscutellum dull, granulate and reticulate rugose. Metanotum dull, short, transverse, rugose. Metapectal-propodeal disc dull, reticulate rugose, sculptured by numerous parallel and longitudinal keels (with many transverse keels among longitudinal keels); propodeal declivity with two complete longitudinal keels; median and lateral areas of propodeal declivity rugose. Mesopleuron dull and rugose. Metapleuron sculptured by many transverse keels. Forewing with two dark transverse bands; distal part of 2r-rs&Rs vein much longer than proximal part (18:9). Hind wing hyaline. Protarsomeres in following proportions: 25:3:7:14:24. Enlarged claw (Fig. 251F) with one subapical tooth and one row of 9–12 narrow lamellae. Protarsomere 5 (Fig. 251F) with two rows of 9–13 lamellae; apex with at least 14 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1/0/2.

♂. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: ♀ holotype: CAMEROON: Messabengondo, 1–15.III.2003, Marc Tussac leg. (MNHN). Other material: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Sangha-Mbaéré Pref., Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Mabéa Bai, 21.4 km 53° NE Bayanga, 3°02.01’N 16°24.57’E, 510 m, 4.V.2001, sweep, lowland rainforest, marsh clearing, CAR 01-S24, S. van Noort leg., 1♀ (SAMC). UGANDA: Kibale National Park, Kanyawara, Mak- erere University Biological Field Station, 0°34.390’N 30°21.658’E, 1587 m, 4–26.VIII.2008, YPT, primary midaltitude rainforest, near stream, S. van Noort leg., 1♀ (SAMC).

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Cameroon, Central African Republic, Uganda.

Notes

Published as part of Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S. & Noort, Simon Van, 2019, Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), pp. 1-619 in Zootaxa 4630 (1) on page 570, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4630.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3336635

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN , SAMC
Event date
2001-05-04 , 2003-03-01 , 2008-08-04
Verbatim event date
2001-05-04 , 2003-03-01/15 , 2008-08-04/26
Scientific name authorship
Olmi
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Dryinidae
Genus
Neodryinus
Species
tussaci
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Neodryinus tussaci Olmi, 2004 sec. Olmi, Copeland & Noort, 2019

References

  • Olmi, M. (2004 e) Description de deux nouvelles especes de Dryinidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea). Revue francaise d'Entomologie, New Series, 26, 179 - 181.
  • Olmi, M., van Noort, S. & Guglielmino, A. (2016) Contribution to the knowledge of Afrotropical Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera), with description of new species from Central African Republic and Uganda. ZooKeys, 578, 45 - 95. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 578.7820