Apanteles gladysrojasae 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 : 149-150

Apanteles gladysrojasae Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Figs 180, 311

Apanteles Rodriguez65 ( Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the authors.

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Alajuela, ACG, Sector San Cristobal, Rio Blanco Abajo, 500m, 10.90037, -85.37254.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. COSTA RICA, Alajuela, ACG, Sector San Cristobal, Rio Blanco Abajo, 05.ii.2002, 500m, 10.90037, -85.37254, DHJPAR0002683.

Paratypes.

29 ♀, 19 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: See Appendix 2 for detailed label data.

Description.

Female. Metatibia color (outer face): 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 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: 2.1-2.2 mm, 2.3-2.4 mm or 2.5-2.6 mm. Metafemur length/width: 2.8-2.9 or 3.0-3.1. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.3-2.4. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin: 1.4-1.5. Ovipositor sheaths length/metafemur length: 0.8 or 0.9. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 0.7 or 0.8.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 13, barcode compliant sequences: 13.

Biology/ecology.

Gregarious (Fig. 311). Hosts: Hesperiidae , Urbanus belli , Urbanus viterboana .

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Gladys Rojas in recognition of her diligent efforts in the Administration of INBio, Costa Rica’s Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad.