Pseudapanteles carlosrodriguezi Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex & Kula, Robert, 2014, Revision of the genus Pseudapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with emphasis on the species in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, ZooKeys 446, pp. 1-82 : 14

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles carlosrodriguezi Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield sp. n. Figs 37- 41

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. COSTA RICA, ACG, Guanacaste Province, Sector El Hacha, Sendero Bejuquilla, 280m, 11.03004, -85.52699, 3.v.1999. ACG database code: DHJPAR0012576.

Paratypes.

2 ♂ (CNC). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0013545, DHJPAR0013549.

Diagnosis.

It belongs to the gouleti species-group, and can be separated from other species within that group based on the combination of mesosoma and metasoma (dorsally) entirely dark brown to black.

Description.

Female. Body length 2.0-2.1 mm. Fore wing length 2.0-2.1 mm. Head color: mostly dark brown to black, except for yellow clypeus, labrum, mandibles, and spot on lower corner of gena near oral foramen. Flagellomere color: all flagellomere brown to black. Mesosoma color: entirely dark brown to black. Metasoma color (dorsally): entirely dark brown to black. Coxae color: all pale. Metatibia color: mostly pale, with posterior 0.1-0.2 dark. Metatarsus color: dark. Pterostigma color: mostly dark, but with anterior pale spot. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin 3.1-3.5 ×. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin 2.1-2.2 ×. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 3.2-3.3 ×. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: Mostly with longitudinally striate sculpture (sometimes with small, smooth area centrally). Ovipositor sheaths length: 1.0 × as long as metatibia.

Male. As female, with slightly darker body coloration.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 4, barcode compliant sequences: 4.

Biology/ecology.

Malaise-trapped.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG dry forest.

Etymology.

This species is named in honour of Sr. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, who has faithfully supported ACG policy for conservation through its biodiversity development from the early 1990's through the present day, and has been especially important for the development of geothermal resources and land acquisition as a legal advisor, Vice-Minister and Minister of the Environment, all with special and detailed knowledge of Sector Santa Rosa of ACG.