Pseudapanteles laurachinchillae Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex & Kula, Robert, 2014, Revision of the genus Pseudapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with emphasis on the species in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, ZooKeys 446, pp. 1-82 : 17

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles laurachinchillae Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield sp. n. Figs 74- 78

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. COSTA RICA, ACG, Alajuela Province, Sector San Cristobal, Potrero Argentina, 520m, 10.89021, -85.38803, 20.ix.2007. ACG database code: DHJPAR0025675.

Paratypes.

1 ♀ (CNC). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0026060.

Diagnosis.

It belongs to the annulicornis species-group, and can be separated from other species within that group based on the combination of metasoma yellow-orange on anterior 0.5-0.6 of T1 and most of laterotergites and hypopygium, T2 shape and ovipositor sheaths slightly shorter (0.9 ×) than metatibia.

Description.

Female. Body length 2.0-2.1 mm or 2.2-2.3 mm. Fore wing length 2.2-2.3 mm. Head color: mostly dark brown to black, except for yellow clypeus, labrum, mandibles, and spot on lower corner of gena near oral foramen. Flagellomere color: all flagellomere brown to black. Mesosoma color: entirely dark brown to black. Metasoma color (dorsally): mostly dark brown to black, except for yellow-orange anterior 0.4-0.6 of mediotergite 1. Coxae color: all pale. Metatibia color: mostly pale, with posterior 0.1-0.2 dark. Metatarsus color: dark. Pterostigma color: entirely dark. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin 4.1-4.5 ×. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin 2.1-2.2 ×. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 3.6-3.7 ×. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: Mostly with longitudinally striate sculpture (sometimes with small, smooth area centrally). Ovipositor sheaths length: 0.9 × as long as metatibia.

Male. Unknown.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 2, barcode compliant sequences: 1.

Biology/ecology.

Malaise-trapped.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG rain forest.

Etymology.

This species is named in honour of Sra. Laura Chinchilla, the first female president of Costa Rica and in gratitude for her persistent tolerance of ACG efforts to push the conservation envelope during her term in office.