Apanteles samarshalli Fernandez-Triana , 2010: 18.

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 : 282-283

Apanteles samarshalli Fernandez-Triana, 2010: 18. Fig. 205

Apanteles samarshalli Fernández-Triana (2010)

Type locality.

UNITED STATES, Florida, Monroe County, Key Largo, 25°5'11.4"N, 80°26'50.28"W.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC (examined).

Material Examined.

COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, ACG database code: DHJPAR0012514, DHJPAR0012520, DHJPAR0012616, DHJPAR0013026. CANADA, UNITED STATES: All specimens listed in Fernández-Triana (2010), plus additional specimens from the type locality (CNC).

Description.

Female. Body color: body mostly dark except for some sternites which may be pale. Antenna color: scape and/or pedicel pale, flagellum dark. Coxae color (pro-, meso-, metacoxa): pale, dark, dark. Femora color (pro-, meso-, metafemur): pale, pale, anteriorly pale/posteriorly dark. Tibiae color (pro-, meso-, metatibia): pale, pale, anteriorly pale/posteriorly dark. Tegula and humeral complex color: both pale. Pterostigma color: dark with pale spot at base. Fore wing veins color: mostly dark (a few veins may be unpigmented). Antenna length/body length: antenna very short, barely or not extending beyond mesosoma length. Body in lateral view: not distinctly flattened dorso–ventrally. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.5-2.6 mm, 2.7-2.8 mm or 2.9-3.0 mm. Fore wing length: 2.3-2.4 mm or 2.5-2.6 mm. Ocular–ocellar line/posterior ocellus diameter: 1.7-1.9. Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 1.7-1.9. Antennal flagellomerus 2 length/width: 1.4-1.6. Antennal flagellomerus 14 length/width: 1.0 or less. Length of flagellomerus 2/length of flagellomerus 14: 1.7-1.9. Tarsal claws: simple. 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: 11 or 12 or 13 or 14. Maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum: 0.4-0.5. Propodeum areola: weakly defined by central impression and few rugae or minute carinae arising from nucha. Propodeum background sculpture: mostly sculptured. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 1.4-1.6. Mediotergite 1 shape: clearly narrowing towards posterior margin. 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: 2.8-3.1. 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: 0.6-0.7. Length of fore wing veins r/2RS: 2.3 or more. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 0.8 or less. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 0.5-0.6. Pterostigma length/width: 2.6-3.0. 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: evenly curved.

Male. Unknown.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 8 (4 from ACG), barcode compliant sequences: 4 (3 from ACG).

Biology/ecology.

Unknown, Malaise-trapped.

Distribution.

Canada (ON), Costa Rica (ACG), Mexico (Chamelas), United States (FL).

Comments.

Because of the unusual venation in the forewing and the lack of a propodeal areola, the generic position of this species has been in doubt since its description ( Fernández-Triana 2010).