Apanteles randallgarciai 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 : 256-257

Apanteles randallgarciai Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Figs 195, 323

Apanteles Rodriguez36 ( Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the authors.

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Potrerillos, Rio Azufrado, 95m, 10.81224, -85.54438.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0003989.

Paratypes.

64 ♀, 45 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA: ACG database codes: See Appendix 2 for detailed label data.

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 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. 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): 2.1-2.2 mm or 2.3-2.4 mm. Fore wing length: 2.3-2.4 mm. Metafemur length/width: 2.6-2.7 or 2.8-2.9. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.1-2.2. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin: 1.4-1.5. Ovipositor sheaths length/metafemur length: 0.8 or 0.9. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 0.7 or 0.8.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 34, barcode compliant sequences: 28.

Biology/ecology.

Gregarious (Fig. 323). Hosts: Hesperiidae , Phocides belus , Phocides pigmalion DHJ02, Phocides Warren01.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Randall García in recognition of his key role in the founding of ACG and subsequent diligent efforts for the administration of INBio, Costa Rica’s Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad.