Exoryza richardashleyi Fernandez-Triana

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex, Dapkey, Tanya, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel H., 2016, Review of the world species of Exoryza (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with description of five new species, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63 (2), pp. 195-210 : 198-199

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Exoryza richardashleyi Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Figs 14-19

Holotype.

Female, CNC. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Cacao, Sendero Cima, 1,460m, 10.93328, -85.45729, 18.xii.2008, coll. D. Janzen & W. Hallwachs. DNA voucher code: DHJPAR0031507.

Paratype.

1 #M (CNC). Costa Rica, Alajuela, ACG, same locality than holotype. DNA voucher code: DHJPAR0031469.

Diagnostic description.

Head (except for clypeus and mandibles), mesosoma and metasoma (dorsally) dark brown to black; laterotergites, sternites and hypopygium partially yellow, partially dark brown; antennal flagellomeres dark brown; tegula and wing base yellow-brown; pterostigma pale yellow on proximal 0.5, brown on distal 0.5; legs mostly white-yellow except for metacoxa (black on proximal 0.7, white-yellow on distal 0.3), metafemur (distal 0.1 dorsally brown), metatibia (distal 0.2 dark brown, but also with narrow brown band dorsally on distal 0.5), and metatarsus (dark brown). Body ratios. Flagellomere 2 length/width: 3.2 x. Flagellomere 14 length/width: 1.5 x. Malar line/mandible width: 0.9 x. Metafemur length/width: 4.1 x. Metatibial inner/outer spur length: 1.1 x. T1 length/width at posterior margin: 1.1 x. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.4 x. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 1.3 x (approximate value). Body measurements (all in mm). Body length: 3.1. Fore wing length: 3.4. Flagellomere 2 length/width: 0.26/0.08. Flagellomere 14 length/width: 0.105/0.07. Flagellomeres 1/2/3/14/15/16 length: 0.27/0.26/0.25/0.105/0.105/0.14. OOL: 0.14. POL: 0.13. Diameter of posterior ocellus: 0.08. Malar line/mandible width: 0.09/0.10. Metafemur length/width: 0.95/0.23. Metatibia length: 1.10. First segment of metatarsus length: 0.51. Metatibial inner/outer spur length: 0.21/0.19. T1 length/width at anterior margin/width at posterior margin: 0.46/034/0.42. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.19/0.52. T3 length: 0.19. Ovipositor sheaths length: 1.50 (approximate value).

Male.

As female, with slightly smoother sculpture.

Biology.

Reared from Gelechiidae (an undetermined species with interim name 'gelJanzen01 Janzen349').

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Alajuela and Guanacaste provinces, ACG (Sectors Cacao and Rincon Rain Forest), between 980-1,460m.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Richard Ashley from Huacas, Nicoya, for his serious enthusiasm for understanding and protecting the wild nature that occurs all around him, and specifically for causing 20 Guanacaste school children and their teachers to begin to share that enthusiasm.