Galeopsomyia labrada Hansson, 2023

Hansson, Christer & Hanson, Paul E., 2023, EULOPHIDAE OF COSTA RICA (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), 5: The genus Galeopsomyia Girault, Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) 3 (1), pp. 1-743 : 347-348

Galeopsomyia labrada Hansson sp.nov.

( Figs 444, 445 , 1079)

Diagnosis (female). Antenna with a weak constriction between C1 and C2 (Fig. 1079); with a short genal carina close to mouth opening; mesoscutellum ( Fig. 444 ) with very weak reticulation on median part, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate, with a complete but weak median groove, outer margin of submedian grooves indistinct in anterior half and subdivided by transverse carinae, outer margin distinct in posterior half, grooves slightly curved and diverging slightly towards posterior part; dorsellum with median carina; propodeum ( Fig. 444 ) with strong reticulation, callus with two setae; gaster ( Fig. 444 ) 3.2× as long as wide, medio-basal Gt1 with a sharp edge shaped like an inverted U (as in Fig. 24 ), tergites with strong reticulation, gonoplac pale brown ( Fig. 445 ).

Female holotype: length of body 3.3mm.

Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel brown, flagellum dark brown. Face below level of toruli golden-green, clypeus dark brown, above this level metallic bluish-green, antennal scrobes black; vertex metallic bluish-green. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum metallic bluish-green, propodeum golden-green. Legs with coxae metallic bluish-green; trochanters yellowish-brown; femora with basal half dark brown and apical half yellowish-brown; tibiae yellowish-brown; T1–3 yellowish-brown, T4 brown. Petiole black. Gaster with Gt1 metallic bluish-green, Gt2-5 golden-purple, Gt6-7 golden-green; gonoplac pale brown.

Antenna with a weak constriction between C1 and C2. Face below level of toruli with weak reticulation, clypeus smooth, frons rugose, antennal scrobes with weak reticulation; with a short genal carina close to mouth opening. Vertex with strong reticulation outside ocellar triangle, with wrinkled sculpture inside ocellar triangle; with a carina between posterior ocelli in posterior part.

Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric on sidelobes, elongate on midlobe; midlobe with a median groove in posterior two-thirds, with seven scattered adnotaular setae. Mesoscutellum with very weak reticulation on median part, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate; with a complete but weak median groove; outer margin of submedian grooves indistinct in anterior half and subdivided by transverse carinae, outer margin distinct in posterior half, grooves slightly curved and diverging slightly towards posterior part; with nine setae scattered over parts lateral to grooves. Dorsellum with weak sculpture and shiny, with median carina. Propodeum with a narrow median carina that expands in posterior part; with strong reticulation; callus with two setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation. Fore wing with six setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum open below; costal setal row unbroken.

Petiole very short, just a narrow band. Gaster very elongate; medio-basal Gt 1 with a sharp edge shaped like an inverted U; tergites with strong reticulation.

Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 27.5; head length, frontal view 47; POL 11.5; OOL 6.5; lateral ocellus diameter 5; head width 55; mouth width 24; malar space 16; eye length 22; scape length 21; scape width 4.5; pedicel+flagellum length 64; pedicel length 7.5; pedicel width, dorsal view 4; F1 length 10; F1 width 5; F2 length 9.5; F2 width 4.5; F3 length 9.5; F3 width 5; clava length 21; clava width 6; C3 length 5.5; spicule length 1.5; mesosoma length 78; mesosoma width 57; midlobe of mesoscutum length 31; mesoscutellum length 30.5; mesoscutellum width 30; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 11; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part11; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 11; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 6.5; dorsellum length 2; propodeum length 10; costal cell length 43; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 3.2; marginal vein length 46; stigmal vein length 14; gaster length 160; gaster width 50; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 13; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 25; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 26; Gt 7 width (measured at base) 18; longest cercal seta length 16; shortest cercal seta length 6.5.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Material examined.

Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Parque Nacional La Amistad, Estación Altamira, Sendero a Casa Coca, LS 331750_574400, 1700m, 12.vi-12.vii.2001, malaise trap, D. Rubí ( NHMUK).

Figures

Figs 444–447. Galeopsomyia labrada, holotype ♀ – (444) habitus dorsal view; (445) habitus lateral view. Galeopsomyia lacinia, holotype ♀ – (446) habitus dorsal view; (447) habitus lateral view.

Figs 23–28. Galeopsomyia spp., ♀, first gastral tergite (Gt1) dorsal view – (23) G. epidius; (24) G. osaensis; (25) G. fausta; (26) G. blakeae; (27) G. illydris; (28) G.devania.