Glyptapanteles haroldgreeneyi Arias-Penna, sp. nov.

Arias-Penna, Diana Carolina, Whitfield, James B., Janzen, Daniel H., Winifred Hallwachs,, Dyer, Lee A., Smith, M. Alex, Hebert, Paul D. N. & Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., 2019, A species-level taxonomic review and host associations of Glyptapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) with an emphasis on 136 new reared species from Costa Rica and Ecuador, ZooKeys 890, pp. 1-685 : 1

Glyptapanteles haroldgreeneyi Arias-Penna, sp. nov. Fig. 96

Female.

Body length 2.97 mm, antenna length 3.78 mm, fore wing length 3.88 mm.

Type material.

Holotype: ECUADOR • 1♀; EC-29376, YY-A111; Napo, Yanayacu Biological Station, Río Aliso, Isla del rio Aliso ; cloud forest; 2,100 m; - 0.633333, -77.9; 23.i.2008; CAPEA leg.; caterpillar collected in third instar; cocoons formed on 19.ii.2008; adult parasitoids emerged on 21.iii.2008; ( PUCE) . Paratypes. • 2 (1♀, 0 ♂) (1♀, 0 ♂); EC-29350, YY-A014; same data as for holotype except: adult parasitoids emerged on 10.iii.2008; ( PUCE) . • 1 (0 ♀, 1♂) (0 ♀, 0 ♂); EC-29351, YY-A015; same data as for holotype except: adult parasitoids emerged on 10.iii. 200; ( PUCE) . • 1 (1♀, 0 ♂) (0 ♀, 0 ♂); EC-29353, YY-A012; same data as for holotype, ( PUCE) . • 3 (1♀, 1♂) (1♀, 0 ♂); EC-29354, YY-A112; same data as for holotype except: adult parasitoids emerged on 10.iii.2008; ( PUCE) . • 1 (0 ♀, 1♂) (0 ♀, 0 ♂); EC-29358, YY-A013; same data as for holotype except: cocoons formed on 20.ii.2008; adult parasitoids emerged on 10.iii.2008; ( PUCE) . • 1 (1♀, 0 ♂) (0 ♀, 0 ♂); EC-29381, YY-A120; same data as for holotype except: cocoons formed on 20.ii.2008; ( PUCE) .

Other material.

Reared material. ECUADOR: Napo, Yanayacu Biological Station, Yanayacu Road : • 1 (1♀, 0 ♂) (0 ♀, 0 ♂); EC-28946, YY-A097; cloud forest; 2,100 m; - 0.566667, -77.866667; 10.xii.2007; CAPEA leg.; caterpillar collected in second instar; cocoons formed on 01.ii.2008; adult parasitoids emerged on 25.ii.2008. • 1 (1♀, 0 ♂) (0 ♀, 0 ♂); EC-28947, YY-A056; same data as for preceding except: adult parasitoids emerged on 19.ii.2008 .

Napo, Yanayacu Biological Station, Road Rio Aliso : • 1 (1♀, 0 ♂) (0 ♀, 0 ♂); EC-29059, YY-A166; - 0.633333, -77.9; 26.xii.2007; CAPEA leg.; caterpillar collected in second instar; cocoons formed on 13.ii.2008; adult parasitoids emerged on 10.iii.2008. • 2 (1♀, 0 ♂) (1♀, 0 ♂); EC-29060, YY-A118; same data as for preceding except: cocoons formed on 26.ii.2008 ; adult parasitoids emerged on 22.iii.2008. • 1 (1♀, 0 ♂) (0 ♀, 0 ♂); EC-29061, YY-A019; same data as for preceding except: cocoons formed on 26.ii.2008 ; adult parasitoids emerged on 22.iii.2008.

Diagnosis.

Scutellum shiny smooth ( Fig. 96F, G ), medioposterior band of scutellum mostly overlapping the medioanterior pit of metanotum ( Fig. 96G ), petiole on T1 evenly narrowing over its length ( Fig. 96H, I ), surface of metasternum flat or nearly so, edges of median area on T2 obscured by weak longitudinal stripes ( Fig. 96H, I ), dorsal outer depression on hind coxa absent ( Fig. 96A, K ), and fore wing with r vein slightly curved, outer side of junction of r and 2RS veins forming a stub ( Fig. 96L ).

Coloration

( Fig. 96 A–M ). General body coloration polished satin black except all antennal flagellomeres (on both sides) brown; proximally scape, apex of pedicel, dorsal furrow of pronotum, and spot ventro-distal of propleuron with yellow-brown/reddish tints; labrum, mandible and glossa light brown; maxillary and labial palps, and tegulae yellow. Eyes and ocelli silver. Fore and middle legs yellow-brown except brown claws and yellow-brown tarsomeres (intensity of yellow-brown coloration increasing from proximal to distal); hind legs yellow-brown except black coxae with yellow apex (coloration extensive in the inner side), tibiae with apex brown, tarsomeres brown, although telotarsus proximally with yellow ring. Petiole on T1 satin black and sublateral areas yellow; T2 with median area and lateral ends black; T3 and beyond black; distally each tergum with a narrow yellowish transparent band. In lateral view, T1-2 completely yellow; T3 yellow, dorsally brown; T4 and beyond completely black. S1 completely yellow; S– 4 yellow, medially brown, area covered by brown coloration increasing from proximal to distal; penultimate sternum and hypopygium completely brown.

Description.

Head ( Fig. 96 A–D ). Head rhomboid with pubescence long and dense. Proximal three antennal flagellomeres longer than wide (0.29:0.08, 0.29:0.08, 0.30:0.08), distal antennal flagellomere longer than penultimate (0.15:0.05, 0.12:0.06), antenna longer than body (3.78, 2.97); antennal scrobes-frons sloped and forming a shelf. Face with depression only laterally, face with dense and finely punctate, interspaces wavy and longitudinal median carina present. Frons smooth. Temple wide, punctate and interspaces wavy. Inner margin of eyes diverging slightly at antennal sockets; in lateral view, eye anteriorly convex and posteriorly straight. POL shorter than OOL (0.10, 0.17). Malar suture present. Median area between lateral ocelli without depression. Vertex laterally pointed or nearly so and dorsally wide.

Mesosoma ( Fig. 96A, F, G, J ). Mesosoma dorsoventrally convex. Mesoscutum proximally convex and distally flat, punctation distinct throughout, interspaces smooth. Scutellum long and slender, apex sloped and fused with BS, scutellar punctation indistinct throughout, in profile scutellum slightly convex, but on same plane as mesoscutum, phragma of the scutellum partially exposed; BS mostly overlapping the MPM; ATS demilune with short stubs delineating the area; dorsal ATS groove with semicircular/parallel carinae. Transscutal articulation with small and heterogeneous foveae, area just behind transscutal articulation smooth, shiny and depressed centrally although sometimes with a sloped transverse strip. Metanotum with BM wider than PFM (clearly differentiated); MPM semicircular without median longitudinal carina; AFM with a small lobe and not as well delineated as PFM; PFM thick, smooth and with a proximal flat flange; ATM proximally with a groove with some sculpturing and distally with rugae. Propodeum relatively polished without median longitudinal carina and proximal half curved; distal edge of propodeum with a flange at each side and without stubs; propodeal spiracle without distal carina; nucha surrounded by very short radiating carinae. Pronotum with a distinct dorsal furrow, dorsally with a well-defined smooth band; central area of pronotum smooth, but both dorsal and ventral furrows with short parallel carinae. Propleuron with fine punctations throughout and dorsally without a carina. Metasternum flat or nearly so. Contour of mesopleuron straight/angulate or nearly so; precoxal groove deep, smooth and shiny; epicnemial ridge widen.

Legs. Ventral margin of fore telotarsus entire without seta, fore telotarsus proximally narrow and distally wide, and as equal in length as fourth tarsomere (0.11, 0.11). Hind coxa with medium-size punctate throughout, and dorsal outer depression absent. Inner spur of hind tibia longer than outer spur (0.25, 0.20), entire surface of hind tibia with dense strong spines clearly differentiated by color and length. Hind telotarsus longer than fourth tarsomere (0.17, 0.15).

Wings ( Fig. 96L, M ). Fore wing with r vein slightly curved; 2RS vein straight; r and 2RS veins forming a weak, even curve at their junction and outer side of junction forming a distinct stub; 2M vein slightly curved/swollen; distally fore wing [where spectral veins are] with microtrichiae more densely concentrated than the rest of the wing; anal cell 1/3 proximally lacking microtrichiae; subbasal cell with microtrichiae virtually throughout; veins 2CUa and 2CUb completely spectral; vein 2 cu-a present as spectral vein, sometimes difficult to see; vein 2-1A proximally tubular and distally spectral, although sometimes difficult to see; tubular vein 1 cu-a curved and complete, but junction with 1-1A vein spectral. Hind wing with vannal lobe narrow, subdistally and subproximally evenly convex, and setae evenly scattered in the margin.

Metasoma ( Fig. 96A, H, I, K ). Metasoma laterally compressed. Petiole on T1 finely sculptured throughout, evenly narrowing distally (length 0.48, maximum width 0.29, minimum width 0.13), and with scattered pubescence concentrated in the first distal third. Lateral grooves delimiting the median area on T2 clearly defined and reaching the distal edge of T2 (length median area 0.23, length T2 0.23), edges of median area obscured by weak longitudinal stripes, median area broader than long (length 0.23, maximum width 0.25, minimum width 0.11); T2 with scattered pubescence only distally. T3 longer than T2 (0.27, 0.23) and with scattered pubescence throughout. Pubescence on hypopygium dense.

Cocoons ( Fig. 96E ). White or beige bud-like cocoons with body ridge-shaped and silk fibers evenly smooth.

Comments.

Some females with a transverse strip just behind transscutal articulation. In lateral view, the mesosoma is slightly flat.

Male.

Similar in coloration to female.

Etymology.

Harold Francis Greeney III is a biologist, the founder and director of Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador.

Distribution.

Parasitized caterpillars were collected in Ecuador, Napo, Yanayacu Biological Station ( Río Aliso, Yanayacu Road, and Road Río Aliso), during December 2007 and January 2008 at 2,100 m in cloud forest.

Biology.

The lifestyle of this parasitoid species is solitary/gregarious.

Host.

Actinote stratonice Latreille ( Nymphalidae : Acraeinae) feeding on Erato polymnioides and Munnozia hastifolia ( Asteraceae ). Caterpillars were collected in second and third instar.

Figures

Figure 96. Glyptapanteles haroldgreeneyi sp. nov. female EC- 29059 YY-A 166, EC- 29061 YY-A 019, EC- 29376 YY-A 111 A Habitus B, D Head B Frontal view D Dorsal view C Head, pronotum, propleuron, lateral view E Cocoon F Mesonotum, dorsal view G Scutellum, metanotum, propodeum, dorsal view H T 1 - 3, dorsal view I, K Metasoma I Dorsal view K Lateral view J Mesosoma, lateral view L, M Wings L Fore M Hind.