Glyptapanteles jaquioconnorae 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 jaquioconnorae Arias-Penna, sp. nov. Fig. 115

Female.

Body length 3.13 mm, antenna length 3.53 mm, fore wing length 3.33 mm.

Type material.

Holotype: ECUADOR • 1♀; EC-2997, YY-A025; Napo, Yanayacu Biological Station, Yanayacu Road ; cloud forest; 2,100 m; - 0.566667, -77.866667; 29.v.2005; CAPEA leg.; caterpillar instar not reported; adult parasitoid emerged on 07.vi.2005; ( PUCE).

Diagnosis.

Distal 1/4 of mesoscutum with a central dent ( Fig. 115F ), medioposterior band of scutellum only very partially overlapping the medioanterior pit of metanotum ( Fig. 115F, G ), median area on T2 slightly longer than broad, lateral grooves delimiting the median area clearly defined and reaching the distal edge of T2, median area distally with lateral margins relatively straight, edges of median area polished and followed by a deep groove ( Fig. 115E, H ), scutellum in profile flat, fore wing with vein 2-1A tubular throughout, r vein curved, outer side of junction of r and 2RS veins forming a distinct stub ( Fig. 115K ), dorsal carina delimiting a dorsal furrow on propleuron absent ( Fig. 115C, I ), anterior furrow of metanotum without setiferous lobes ( Fig. 115F, G ), axillary trough of scutellum with sculpture ( Fig. 115F, G ), propodeum without median longitudinal carina ( Fig. 115G ), and anteroventral contour of mesopleuron convex ( Fig. 115A, I ).

Coloration

( Fig. 115 A–L ). General body coloration brown-black although propleuron, dorsal and ventral furrows of pronotum, ventrally mesopleuron, distal corners of mesoscutum, lunules, and PFM with light brown/reddish tints; labrum, glossa, maxillary and labial palps, and tegulae yellow; mandibles, scape and pedicel yellow-brown. Eyes silver and ocelli brownish. Fore and middle legs dark yellow, although tarsomeres with a brownish tint; hind legs dark yellow except coxae dark brown with apex light brown, femora apically with a tiny brown dot, tibiae with 1/3 distal brown and proximally with a narrow brown band, and tarsomeres light brown, but basitarsus proximally with a narrow yellow band. Petiole on T1 brown, contours darkened and sublateral areas ivory/pale yellow; T2 with median area brown, contours darkened, median and wide adjacent areas brown, and lateral ends ivory/pale yellow; T3 brown with proximal corners ivory/pale yellow, and distal corners each one with a oval pale ivory/pale yellow spots; T4 and beyond completely brown; distally each tergum with a yellowish transparent band. In lateral view, T1-2 completely ivory/pale yellow; T3 and beyond yellow, but dorsally brown, extent of brown area increasing slightly from proximal to distal. S1-3 ivory/yellow; S4-5 yellow, but medially brown; hypopygium yellow-brown.

Description.

Head ( Fig. 115 A–D ). Head rounded with pubescence long and dense. Proximal three antennal flagellomeres longer than wide (0.25:0.07, 0.26:0.07, 0.25:0.07), distal antennal flagellomere longer than penultimate (0.16:0.05, 0.11:0.05), antenna longer than body (3.53, 3.13); antennal scrobes-frons shallow. Face with fine and punctate-lacunose sculpture, lateral depression only middle, interspaces wavy and longitudinal median carina present. Frons smooth. Temple wide, punctate and interspaces clearly smooth. Inner margin of eyes diverging slightly at antennal sockets; in lateral view, eye anteriorly convex and posteriorly straight. POL shorter than OOL (0.09, 0.13). Malar suture absent or difficult to see. Median area between lateral ocelli slightly depressed. Vertex laterally rounded and dorsally wide.

Mesosoma ( Fig. 115A, F, G, I ). Mesosoma dorsoventrally convex. Mesoscutum 1/4 distal with a central dent, punctation distinct throughout, interspaces wavy/lacunose. Scutellum triangular, apex sloped and fused with BS, but not in the same plane, scutellar punctation scattered throughout, in profile scutellum flat and on same plane as mesoscutum, phragma of the scutellum completely concealed; BS only very partially overlapping the MPM; ATS demilune with complete undulate/reticulate carinae; dorsal ATS groove with carinae only proximally. Transscutal articulation with small and heterogeneous foveae, area just behind transscutal articulation sloped and with same kind of sculpture as mesoscutum. Metanotum with BM upward; MPM oval/circular with a short proximal carina; AFM without setiferous lobes and not as well delineated as PFM; PFM thick and smooth; ATM proximally with a groove with some sculpturing and distally smooth. Propodeum without median longitudinal carina, proximal half weakly curved with fine sculpture and distal half slightly rugose; 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 and dorsal furrow smooth, but ventral furrow with short parallel carinae. Propleuron with fine punctations throughout and dorsally without a carina. Metasternum convex. Contour of mesopleuron convex; precoxal groove deep, smooth and shiny; epicnemial ridge convex, teardrop-shaped.

Legs. Ventral margin of fore telotarsus entire without seta, fore telotarsus almost same width throughout and longer than fourth tarsomere (0.12, 0.09). Hind coxa finely punctate throughout, and dorsal outer depression present. Inner spur of hind tibia longer than outer spur (0.24, 0.20), entire surface of hind tibia with dense strong spines clearly differentiated by color and length. Hind telotarsus longer than fourth tarsomere (0.16, 0.13).

Wings ( Fig. 115K, L ). 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 slight stub; 2M vein straight; 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 tubular throughout; tubular vein 1 cu-a curved, incomplete/broken and not reaching the edge of 1-1A vein. Hind wing with vannal lobe very narrow, subdistally and subproximally evenly convex, and setae evenly scattered in the margin.

Metasoma ( Fig. 115A, E, H, K ). Metasoma cylindrical . Petiole on T1 finely sculptured only distally, parallel-sided in proximal half and then narrowing (length 0.40, maximum width 0.22, minimum width 0.12), 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 0.22, length T2 0.22), lateral grooves deep, median area longer than broad (length 0.22, maximum width 0.20, minimum width 0.08); T2 with pubescence only distally. T3 longer than T2 (0.27, 0.22) and with scattered pubescence only distally. Pubescence on hypopygium dense.

Cocoons. Unknown.

Comments.

Some of the first proximal antennal flagellomeres seem to have more of three dark bands (multi-rings). A whole specimen was used for DNA extraction.

Male.

Unknown.

Etymology.

Jaqueline (Jaqui) Megan O’Connor is from United Kingdom. As a graduate student at UIUC, IL, USA she worked on systematics and host use of Parapanteles and Cotesia from Ecuador and Costa Rica. Currently, she is a biology teacher at a school called Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, West Sussex, England, and dedicated to social change.

Distribution.

Parasitized caterpillar was collected in Ecuador, Napo, Yanayacu Biological Station (Yanayacu Road), during May 2005 at 2,100 m in cloud forest.

Biology.

The lifestyle of this parasitoid species is gregarious.

Host.

Undetermined species of Nymphalidae ( Ithomiinae) feeding on undetermined species of Solanaceae . Caterpillar instar was not reported.

Figures

Figure 115. Glyptapanteles jaquioconnorae sp. nov. female EC- 2997 YY-A 025 A Habitus B, D Head B Frontal view D Dorsal view C Head, pronotum, propleuron, lateral view E T 1 - 3, dorsal view F Mesonotum, dorsal view G Scutellum, metanotum, propodeum, dorsal view H, J Metasoma H Dorsal view J Lateral view I Mesosoma, lateral view K, L Wings K Fore L Hind.