Apanteles manuelzumbadoi Fernandez-Triana

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Whitfield, James B., Rodriguez, Josephine J., Smith, M. Alex, Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie D., Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Burns, John M., Solis, M. Alma, Brown, John, Cardinal, Sophie, Goulet, Henri & Hebert, Paul D. N., 2014, Review of Apantelessensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to all described species from Mesoamerica, ZooKeys 383, pp. 1-565 : 222-223

Apanteles manuelzumbadoi Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Figs 190, 319

Apanteles Rodriguez26 ( Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the authors.

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Santa Rosa, Vado Cuajiniquil, 5m, 10.94041, -85.68043.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0013684. 2. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste: Area de Conservación Guancaste: Santa Rosa, Vado Cuajiniquil, 01/25/1992: gusaneros. 3. 92-SRNP-251, Telemiades fides, Inga vera.

Paratypes.

186 ♀, 78 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: See Appendix 2 for detailed label data.

Description.

Female. Metatibia color (outer face): entirely or mostly (>0.7 metatibia length) dark brown to black, with yellow to white coloration usually restricted to anterior 0.2 or less, rarely with extended pale coloration (light yellow to orange–yellow), ranging from 0.4 to almost entire metatibia length. Fore wing veins color: veins C+Sc+R and R1 mostly brown; usually veins r, 2RS, 2M, (RS+M)b, 1CU, 2Cua, and 1 m–cu partially brown; interior area of other veins, and at least part of pterostigma, usually light brown or yellowish–white, rarely veins C+Sc+R and R1 with brown coloration restricted narrowly to borders, interior area of those veins and pterostigma (and sometimes veins r, 2RS and 2M) transparent or white; other veins mostly transparent. Antenna length/body length: antenna about as long as body (head to apex of metasoma); if slightly shorter, at least extending beyond anterior 0.7 metasoma length. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.1-2.2 mm or 2.3-2.4 mm. Fore wing length: 2.3-2.4 mm or 2.5-2.6 mm. Metafemur length/width: 2.8-2.9 or 3.0-3.1. Medioter gite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.3-2.4, rarely 2.5-2.6. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin: 1.2-1.3 or 1.4-1.5. Ovipositor sheaths length/metafemur length: 1.0. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 0.8 or 0.9.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 204, barcode compliant sequences: 189.

Biology/ecology.

Gregarious (Fig. 319). Host: Hesperiidae , Telemiades fides .

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Manuel Zumbado in recognition of his diligent efforts for the ACG Programa de Parataxónomos, administration and Diptera curatorial taxonomy for INBio, Costa Rica’s Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, and for ACG.