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Gonatopus Ljungh

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Dryinidae; Subfamily: Gonatopodinae)

Gonatopus Ljungh, 1810. Type species: Gonatopus formicarius Ljungh, 1810, by monotypy.

Agonatopoides R. Perkins, 1907  Type species: Agonatopoides synchromus R. Perkins, 1907, by monotypy. Synonymized by Olmi, 1993.

Dicondylus Haliday, 1833.Type species: Dicondylus bicolor Haliday, 1828.

Pseudogonatopus Perkins, 1905. Type species: Pseudogonatopus kurandae Perkins, 1905.

Tetrodontochelys Richards, 1939. Type species: Tetrodontochelys ljunghii Westwood, 1833.

ClassificationIdentification keys

Gonatopus acuminatus (Olmi, 1984)
  Gonatopus acutus (Olmi, 1984)
  Gonatopus aestivus Olmi, 1987
  Gonatopus aethiopicus Olmi
  Gonatopus afer (Olmi, 1984)
  Gonatopus amoenus Olmi, 1994
  Gonatopus ankaratrus (Ceballos, 1936)
  Gonatopus armatus Olmi, 1984
  Gonatopus australis (Ceballos, 1936)

Gonatopus avontuurensis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

Gonatopus baginei Olmi, 2011

 

Gonatopus bekilyanus (Benoit, 1954)

Gonatopus bellicosus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

 

Gonatopus benoiti Olmi, 1984

  Gonatopus bisulcatus (Benoit, 1954)
Gonatopus cafer (Olmi, 1984)
 

Gonatopus camerounensis Olmi, 2011

  Gonatopus camposensis Olmi, 2007
  Gonatopus capensis Brues, 1906
  Gonatopus ceballosi Olmi, 1993
Gonatopus ceres (Olmi, 1984)
  Gonatopus chiruanus (Olmi, Guglielmino, Natha & Alfredo, 2012)

 

Gonatopus communis Olmi, 1984

Gonatopus comorensis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

  Gonatopus cornutus (Benoit, 1951)

Gonatopus costalis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

  Gonatopus cuambensis Olmi, 2004
  Gonatopus danielssoni Olmi, 1997
  Gonatopus emelyanovi Ponomarenko & Olmi, 2006

 

Gonatopus ericeti Olmi, 1984

  Gonatopus faustae Olmi, 1998
  Gonatopus festivus Olmi, 1994
  Gonatopus fisheri Olmi, 2003

Gonatopus flavotestaceus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

  Gonatopus fortis Olmi, 2007
  Gonatopus fuscus (Olmi, 1984)
  Gonatopus gazensis Olmi, 1998
 

Gonatopus ghanensis (Olmi, 1987)

  Gonatopus griswoldi Olmi, 2010
  Gonatopus grobbelaari Olmi, 1987
  Gonatopus guigliae (Benoit, 1951)

Gonatopus gumovskyi Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

Gonatopus hantamensis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

Gonatopus harinhalai Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

 

Gonatopus harteni (Olmi, 1987)

 

Gonatopus hyalinus Olmi, 1984

  Gonatopus ibayensis Olmi, 2005
  Gonatopus incognitus Olmi, 1984
  Gonatopus jacksoni Olmi, 2011
  Gonatopus johnsi Olmi, 1984
Gonatopus kanyawarus Olmi, van Noort & Guglielmino, 2016
  Gonatopus karibibensis Olmi, 2007

Gonatopus karooensis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

Gonatopus koebergensis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

  Gonatopus kolyadai Olmi, 2007

 

Gonatopus leptothorax Ceballos, 1936

 

Gonatopus longiusculus Olmi, 1984

  Gonatopus luteipes (Benoit, 1951)
  Gonatopus macua Olmi, 2004
Gonatopus madecassus Olmi, 1998
  Gonatopus maputensis Olmi 1998
  Gonatopus maritimus Olmi, 2007

Gonatopus marojejyanus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

  Gonatopus martellii Olmi, 2002
  Gonatopus masoalensis Olmi, 2010
  Gonatopus meridionalis Benoit, 1953

Gonatopus minutus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

  Gonotopus mirus Olmi & van Harten, 2006
Gonatopus mixtus Olmi, 2002
  Gonatopus mossambicus Olmi, 1998

 

Gonatopus mosseli Olmi, 1984

  Gonatopus namibiensis Olmi, 2005
  Gonatopus natalensis Olmi, 2008
  Gonatopus nearcticus (Fenton, 1927)
  Gonatopus niassensis Olmi, 2004
  Gonatopus nicator Olmi, 1997
 

Gonatopus nigrior (Olmi, 1984)

Gonatopus nigropictus Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

  Gonatopus ntumenensis Olmi, 2009
  Gonatopus obscurus (Ceballos, 1936)
  Gonatopus ochreus (Olmi, 1984)

 

Gonatopus okahanjae Olmi, 1984

  Gonatopus operosus Olmi, 1993
  Gonatopus orangensis Olmi, 1998
  Gonatopus owaini Olmi, 1993
  Gonatopus pallidior (Olmi, 1984)

 

Gonatopus patrizii Benoit, 1951

 

Gonatopus paulyanus Olmi, 2005

  Gonatopus paulyi Olmi, 1990

 

Gonatopus perkinsiellavorus Benoit, 1963

 

Gonatopus pilosipes Brues, 1906

  Gonatopus pilosoides Olmi, 1993
  Gonatopus pluvialis Olmi, 2004
  Gonatopus polli (Benoit, 1951)

Gonatopus ranomafanensis Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

  Gonatopus ridens Olmi, 1984

Gonatopus robertsoni Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

  Gonatopus ruber (Olmi, 1984)
  Gonatopus rubrithorax (Benoit, 1954)
 

Gonatopus ruens (Olmi, 1984)

  Gonatopus rufulus (Olmi, 1984)

Gonatopus rugithorax Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

  Gonatopus ruvidus Olmi, 2010
  Gonatopus savanensis Olmi, 2007
  Gonatopus schierli Olmi, 2011

Gonatopus scholtzi Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019

 

Gonatopus schwarzorum Guglielmino & Olmi, 2014

  Gonatopus sensitivus Olmi, 1983

 

Gonatopus seyrigi (Ceballos, 1936)

  Gonatopus similis Brues, 1906
  Gonatopus somerseti (Olmi, 1984)
 

Gonatopus spiracularis (Benoit, 1963)

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Gonatopus subrufulus Olmi, 2006

 

Gonatopus tananarivei (Olmi, 1984)

  Gonatopus tanzanianus Olmi, 2005

Gonatopus taylori Olmi, 1984

  Gonatopus transvaalensis Olmi, 1987
  Gonatopus trochantericus (Benoit, 1954)
  Gonatopus tulearensis Olmi, 2010
  Gonatopus turneri Benoit, 1951
  Gonatopus upembanus Olmi, 1984
  Gonatopus vannoorti Olmi, 2006
 

Gonatopus varipes Brues, 1906

  Gonatopus vulgaris Olmi, 2000
Gonatopus wikstrandae Olmi, Copeland & van Noort, 2019
  Gonotopus yemenensis Olmi & van Harten, 2006
 

Gonatopus zairensis (Olmi, 1984)

  Gonatopus zambianus Olmi, 2008
Distribution

Worldwide.

Diversity

Four hundred and forty-one species described worldwide (Olmi & Virla, 2014), 111 species in the Afrotropical region (Guglielmino & Olmi, 2014).

Biology Hosts: Acanaloniidae, Cicadellidae (except Typhlocybinae, Idiocerinae, Macropsinae), Delphacidae, Flatidae, Issidae, Lophopidae, Tropiduchidae (Guglielmino & Olmi 1997, 2006, 2007; Guglielmino et al. 2013).

References

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Benoit P.L.G. 1951. Nouveaux Dryinidae d'Afrique centrale (Hymenoptera Aculeata). Riv. Biol. Coloniale 11: 17-24.

Benoit P.L.G. 1951. Synopsis over de Kennissen van de Biologie der Dryinidae en Bethylidae, bijzonder in Belgisch Congo. lle Nat. Congr. Wetenschappen 8: 40-42.

Benoit P.L.G. 1951. Nouveaux Dryinidae (Hym.-Acul.) éthiopiens. Rev. Zool, Bot. Afr. 44: 157-164.

Benoit P.L.G. 1951. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G. F. de Witte (1933-1935). Fasc. 73. Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Aculeata), Evaniidae (Hymenoptera Terebrantia). Hayez, Bruxelles, 26pp.

Benoit, P.L.G. 1954. Monographie des Dryinidae malgaches (Hym.-Acul.). Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifiques de Madagascar, Série E 4: 383-430.

Benoit, P.L.G. 1963. Le genre Pseudogonatopus à Madagascar (Hym.-Dryinidae). Rev. Suisse Zool. 70 (25): 337-342.

Brues, C.T. 1906. Descriptions of parasitic Hymenoptera from Cape Colony. Bull. Wisconsin Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 103-112.

Ceballos G. 1936. Estudios sobre Anteoninae de Madagascar (Hym. Bethyl.). EOS 12: 43-64.

Fenton, F.A. 1927. New parasitic Hymenoptera of the subfamily Anteoninae from the Americas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 72: 1–6.

Guglielmino, A. & Olmi, M. 1997. A host-parasite catalog of world Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). Contributions on Entomology, International 2 (2): 165–298.

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Haliday, A.H. 1833. An essay on the classification of the Parasitic Hymenoptera of Britain, which correspond with the Ichneumones minuti of Linnaeus. Ent. Mag. 1: 259-273.

Ljungh S.J. 1810. Gonatopus, novum Insectorum genus. Beitr. Naturk. 2: 161-163

Olmi, M. 1984. A revision of the Dryinidae (Hymenoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 37: 1-947.

Olmi, M. 1987. New Species of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Fragmenta Entomologica 19: 371-456.

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Olmi, M. 1987. Descrizone di nuove specie di Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Boll. Zool. agr. Bachic., Ser. II, 19: 31-70.

Olmi, M. 1990. I Dryinidae della Somalia: considerazioni sistematiche e biogeografiche (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Biogeographia 14: 403–406.
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Olmi M. 1994. Taxonomic Studies on the Dryinidae of Mozambique (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Oriental Insects, Vol. 28:67-80.

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Olmi M. 1998. Gonatopus orangensis: a new species of Dryinidae from South Africa (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Tropical Zoology 11:177-181.

Olmi M. 1998. Descriptions of two new species of Dryinidae from Botswana: Bocchus martellii and Gonatopus martellii (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Boll. Zool. agr. Bachic., Ser. II, 34: 273-280.

Olmi, M. 2000. New species of Oriental Anteon, with new synonymies (Hymenoptera Dryinidae). Frustula Entomologica, N. Ser. 21: 68–74.

Olmi M. 2002. New Species of Dryinidae and Embolemidae from Madagascar (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula entomol., Nuova Serie 25: 86-109.

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Olmi, M. 2006. A catalogue of Dryinidae and Embolemidae of South Africa, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera Chrysidodea). Frustula entomologica (2005)(N.S.) vol. 28-29 (41-42): 1-57.

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Olmi, M. 2011. A contribution to the knowledge of world Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula entomologica (2009) (N.S.) XXXII (XLV): 43-76.

Olmi, M. & Copeland, R.S. 2011. A catalogue of Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae of Kenya and Burundi, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). African Invertebrates 52: 177–206.

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Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa) or © Bob Copeland (ICIPE). Dryinidae image in head banner © Vida van der Walt (Pretoria). Line illustrations © Massimo Olmi.

 

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