Apanteles gerardobandoi 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 : 147-148

Apanteles gerardobandoi Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Fig. 179

Apanteles Rodriguez155 ( Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the authors.

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Pocosol, Quebrada Aserradero, 160m, 10.89857, -85.56419.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0013696, 94-SRNP-6192. 2. Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Pocosol, Quebrada Aserradero, 02.xii.1994, 160m, 10.89857, -85.56419, 94-SRNP-6192.

Paratypes.

8 ♀, 4 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0012485, DHJPAR0013681, DHJPAR0013691, 93-SRNP-996.

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, rarely with extended pale coloration (light yellow to orange–yellow), ranging from 0.4 to almost entire metatibia length. Fore wing veins color: veins C+Sc+R and R1 with brown coloration restricted narrowly to borders, interior area of those veins and pterostigma (and sometimes veins r, 2RS and 2M) transparent or white; other veins mostly transparent. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.0 mm or less or 2.1-2.2 mm. Fore wing length: 2.1-2.2 mm or 2.3-2.4 mm. Metafemur length/width: 2.8-2.9, 3.0-3.1, rarely 3.2-3.3. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 1.7-1.8, 1.9-2.0 or 2.1-2.2. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin: 1.0-1.1 or 1.2-1.3. Ovipositor sheaths length/metafemur length: 1.0 or 1.1. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 0.8 or 0.9.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 4, barcode compliant sequences: 2.

Biology/ecology.

Gregarious. Host: Hesperiidae , Telemiades fides .

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Comments.

A few specimens have lighter coloured tibiae but are kept as part of this species.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Gerardo Obando in recognition of his diligent efforts for the ACG Programa de Sectores.