Apanteles yolandarojasae 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 : 299-300

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.383.6418

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7A6C72FF-757B-4C6C-A674-1D59FF6A51BF

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Apanteles yolandarojasae Fernandez-Triana
status

sp. n.

Apanteles yolandarojasae Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Figs 21, 223

Apanteles Rodriguez168. Smith et al. (2008). Interim name provided by the authors.

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Sendero Aguacate, 335m, 10.76901, -85.43465.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0012283. 2. Costa Rica: Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Sendero Aguacate, 14.ix.2006, 335m, 10.76901, -85.43465, 06-SRNP-58299.

Paratypes.

6 ♀, 6 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0012996.

Description.

Female. Body color: body mostly dark except for some sternites which may be pale. Antenna color: scape, pedicel, and flagellum dark. Coxae color (pro-, meso-, metacoxa): dark, dark, dark. Femora color (pro-, meso-, metafemur): anteriorly dark/posteriorly pale, dark, dark. Tibiae color (pro-, meso-, metatibia): pale, pale, dark. Tegula and humeral complex color: tegula pale, humeral complex half pale/half dark. Pterostigma color: mostly pale and/or transparent, with thin dark borders. Fore wing veins color: partially pigmented (a few veins may be dark but most are pale). Body in lateral view: not distinctly flattened dorso–ventrally. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.1-2.2 mm, rarely 2.0 mm or less or 2.7-2.8 mm. Fore wing length: 2.3-2.4 mm, rarely 2.1-2.2 mm or 2.9-3.0 mm. Ocular–ocellar line/posterior ocellus diameter: 2.0-2.2. Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 1.7-1.9. Antennal flagellomerus 2 length/width: 2.6-2.8. Antennal flagellomerus 14 length/width: 1.4-1.6. Length of flagellomerus 2/length of flagellomerus 14: 2.0-2.2. Tarsal claws: with single basal spine–like seta. Metafemur length/width: 2.6-2.7. Metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length: 0.4-0.5. Anteromesoscutum: mostly with deep, dense punctures (separated by less than 2.0 × its maximum diameter). Mesoscutellar disc: with punctures near margins, central part mostly smooth. Number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus: 7 or 8. Maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum: 0.4-0.5. Propodeum areola: completely defined by carinae, including transverse carina extending to spiracle. Propodeum background sculpture: mostly sculptured. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.0-2.2. Mediotergite 1 shape: more or less parallel–sided or mostly parallel–sided for 0.5-0.7 of its length, then narrowing posteriorly so mediotergite anterior width>1.1 × posterior width. Mediotergite 1 sculpture: mostly sculptured, excavated area centrally with transverse striation inside and/or a polished knob centrally on posterior margin of mediotergite. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 4.4-4.7. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: mostly smooth. Outer margin of hypopygium: with a wide, medially folded, transparent, semi–desclerotized area; usually with 4 or more pleats. Ovipositor thickness: about same width throughout its length. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length: 1.0-1.1. Length of fore wing veins r/2RS: 1.7-1.9. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 1.1-1.3. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 0.7-0.8. Pterostigma length/width: 3.1-3.5. Point of insertion of vein r in pterostigma: clearly beyond half way point length of pterostigma. Angle of vein r with fore wing anterior margin: more or less perpendicular to fore wing margin. Shape of junction of veins r and 2RS in fore wing: distinctly but not strongly angled.

Male. As in female but with slightly narrower mediotergite 1.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 8, barcode compliant sequences: 8.

Biology/ecology.

Gregarious (Fig. 223). Hosts: Pyralidae , Epidelia damia ; Elachistidae , Antaeotricha Janzen90, Antaeotricha Janzen150, Goniotermia latipennis , elachJanzen01 Janze212.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Yolanda Rojas in recognition of her diligent efforts for the ACG Programa de Ecoturismo.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Apanteles