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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.

Classification

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

 

Gonatopus bekilyanus (Benoit, 1953)

 

Gonatopus benoiti Olmi, 1984

 

Gonatopus camerounensis Olmi, 2011 (Cameroon)

  Gonatopus camposensis Olmi, 2007
  Gonatopus capensis Brues, 1906
  Gonatopus ceballosi Olmi, 1993
  Gonatopus ceres (Olmi, 1984)

 

Gonatopus communis Olmi, 1984

  Gonatopus cornutus (Benoit, 1951)
  Gonatopus cuambensis Olmi, 2004
  Gonatopus danielssoni Olmi, 1997

 

Gonatopus ericeti Olmi, 1984

  Gonatopus faustae Olmi, 1998
  Gonatopus festivus Olmi, 1994
  Gonaopus fisheri Olmi, 2001
  Gonatopus fortis Olmi, 2007
  Gonatopus gazensis Olmi, 1998
  Gonatopus guigliae (Benoit, 1951)
  Gonatopus grobbelaari Olmi, 1987

 

Gonatopus hyalinus Olmi, 1984

  Gonatopus ibayensis Olmi, 2005
  Gonatopus incognitus Olmi, 1984
  Gonatopus jacksoni Olmi, 2011 (Cameroon)
  Gonatopus johnsi Olmi, 1984
  Gonatopus karibibensis Olmi, 2007
  Gonatopus kolyadai Olmi, 2007

 

Gonatopus leptothorax Ceballos, 1936

 

Gonatopus longiusculus Olmi, 1984

  Gonatopus luteipes (Benoit, 1951)
  Gonatopus macua Olmi, 2004
  Gonatopus madecassus Olmi, 1997
  Gonatopus maputensis Olmi 1998
  Gonatopus maritimus Olmi, 2007
  Gonatopus martellii Olmi, 2002
  Gonatopus meridionalis Benoit, 1953
  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 obscurus (Olmi, 1984)
  Gonatopus ochreus (Olmi, 1984)

 

Gonatopus okahanjae Olmi, 1984

  Gonatopus operosus Olmi, 1984
  Gonatopus orangensis Olmi, 1998
  Gonatopus owaini Olmi, 1993

 

Gonatopus patrizii Benoit, 1951

  Gonatopus paulyi Olmi, 1990

 

Gonatopus pilosipes Brues, 1906

  Gonatopus pilosoides Olmi, 1993
  Gonatopus pluvialis Olmi, 2002
  Gonatopus polli (Benoit, 1951)
  Gonatopus ridens Olmi, 1984
  Gonatopus rubrithorax (Benoit, 1953)
  Gonatopus rufulus (Olmi, 1984)
  Gonatopus savanensis Olmi, 2007
  Gonatopus schierli Olmi, 2011 (Ivory Coast)
  Gonatopus sensitivus Olmi, 1984

 

Gonatopus seyrigi (Ceballos, 1936)

  Gonatopus somerseti (Olmi, 1984)

Gonatopus subrufulus Olmi

 

Gonatopus tananarivei Olmi

  Gonatopus tanzanianus Olmi, 2005

 

Gonatopus taylori Olmi

  Gonatopus transvaalensis Olmi, 1987
  Gonatopus trochantericus (Benoit, 1953)
  Gonatopus turneri Benoit, 1951
  Gonatopus upembanus Olmi
  Gonatopus vannoorti Olmi, 2006
  Gonatopus zambianus Olmi, 2008
Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology Hosts: Cicadellidae, except for Typhlocybinae, Idiocerinae, Macropsinae.

References

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

Brues C.T. 1906. Descriptions of parasatic Hymenoptera from Cape Colony. Bull. Wisconsin Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 183-188.

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

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. 1953. Monographie des Dryninides Malgaches (Hym.-Acul.). Mém Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. E, IV:383-430.

Olmi M. 1984. A Revision of The Dryinidae (Hymenoptera). Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst., 37: 947-1913.

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

Olmi, M. 1989. Supplement to the Revision of the World Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula Entomologica, Nuova Serie, vol. 12: 109-395.

Olmi, M. 1993. A new generic classification for Thaumatodryininae, Dryininae and Gonatopodinae, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera Dryinidae). Boll. Zool. agr. Bachic., Ser. II, 25: 57-89.

Olmi M. 1994. Taxonomic Studies on the Dryinidae of Mozambique (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Oriental Insects, Vol. 28:67-80.

Olmi M. 1997. New Embolemidae and Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula entomol., Nuova Serie 20: 30-118.

Olmi M. 1998. A Contribution to the Knowledge of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea) and Strepsiptera of Mozambique. Orienal Insects, Vol. 32: 59-78.

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. 2001. A Contribution to the Knowledge of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula Entomologica, Nuova Serie, vol. 24: 21-49.

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

Olmi M. 2004. A Contribution to the Knowledge of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea) of Northern Mozambique. Oriental Insects, Vol. 38: 353-372.

Olmi M. 2005. A Contribution to the Knowledge of Afrotropical Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Vol. 141: 233-248.

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.

Olmi M. 2007. New species of Afrotropical Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), with description of a new genus and a new subfamily. African Invertebrates, vol  48: 199-232.

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

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