Apanteles josemonteroi 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 : 182

Apanteles josemonteroi Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Figs 187, 316

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Alajuela, ACG, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Huerta, 527m, 10.9305, -85.37223.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1 DHJPAR0011908. 2. COSTA RICA, Alajuela, ACG, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Huerta, 20.iv.2006, 10.9305, -85.37223, 527m, DHJPAR0011908. 3. Voucher: D.H.Janzen & W.Hallwachs, DB: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, COSTA RICA, 06-SRNP-3215.

Paratypes.

22 ♀, 11 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0004998.

Description.

Female. Metatibia color (outer face): entirely or mostly (>0.7 metatibia length) dark brown to black, with yellow to white coloration usually restricted to anterior 0.2 or less. Fore wing veins color: veins C+Sc+R and R1 mostly brown; usually veins r, 2RS, 2M, (RS+M)b, 1CU, 2Cua, and 1 m–cu partially brown; interior area of other veins, and at least part of pterostigma, usually light brown or yellowish–white. Antenna length/body length: antenna about as long as body (head to apex of metasoma); if slightly shorter, at least extending beyond anterior 0.7 metasoma length. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.0 mm or less. Fore wing length: 2.1-2.2 mm. Metafemur length/width: 3.0-3.1. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.3-2.4. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin: 1.4-1.5. Ovipositor sheaths length/metafemur length: 0.9. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 0.8.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 5, barcode compliant sequences: 5.

Biology/ecology.

Gregarious (Fig. 316). Host: Hesperiidae , Urbanus doryssus DHJ02.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to José Montero in recognition of his diligent efforts for the ACG Programa de Parataxónomos, and Lepidoptera curatorial taxonomy for INBio, Costa Rica’s Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, and for ACG.