Gonatopus jaliscanus sp. n., a new Pincer wasp from Jalisco, Mexico (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae)

By

Speranza, Stefano
Olmi, Massimo
Guglielmino, Adalgisa
Contarini, Mario

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

818

Pages

35--42

Subjects

Chrysidoidea Gonatopodinae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.818.30974

 

Abstract

A new species ofGonatopusLjungh, 1810,G.jaliscanussp. n., from Jalisco, Mexico, is described and illustrated. In the Neotropical region,G.jaliscanusis similar toG.forestalisOlmi, 1998, but it is distinguished by the black mesosoma (except prothorax, mesoscutum, and mesoscutellum that are yellow), and the metapostnotum being granulated and not rugose; inG.forestalisthe mesosoma is completely black and the metapostnotum is granulated and strongly rugose. In the Nearctic region, the new species is morphologically similar toG.currieiKrombein, 1962, but it is distinguished by the dull and granulated metapostonotum; inG.currieithe metapostnotum is shiny and unsculptured. The new species belongs toGonatopusgroup 7. The keys to the females of the Nearctic and Neotropical species of this group are modified to include the new taxon.