Pseudapanteles mariocarvajali 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 : 20

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles mariocarvajali Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield sp. n. Figs 99- 104

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. COSTA RICA, ACG, Guanacaste Province, Sector San Cristobal, Tajo Angeles, 540m, 10.86472, -85.41531, 12.xii.2010. ACG database code: DHJPAR0041506.

Paratypes.

6 ♀, 4 ♂ (CNC). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0035505, DHJPAR0039022, DHJPAR0041914, DHJPAR0041975, DHJPAR0042032, DHJPAR0052339, DHJPAR0053022, DHJPAR0054758, DHJPAR0055487, DHJPAR0055525.

Diagnosis.

It is the only known species in the mariocarvajali group, and can be separated from all other known species of Pseudapanteles based on the shape of T2, and length of body and fore wing.

Description.

Female. Body length 3.4-3.5 mm. Fore wing length 3.4-3.5 mm. Head color: entirely yellow to orange. Flagellomere color: all flagellomere brown to black. Mesosoma color: mostly orange, with parts or all of propodeum, metapleuron, metascutellum, and axillar complex 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 3.1-3.5 ×. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin 1.7-1.8 ×. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 1.8-1.9 ×. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: Mostly with longitudinally striate sculpture (sometimes with small, smooth area centrally). Ovipositor sheaths length: 1.2 × as long as metatibia or 1.3 × as long as metatibia.

Male. Much darker coloration than female, especially on metascutellum, propodeum, metacoxa and metasoma.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 10, barcode compliant sequences: 10.

Biology/ecology.

Hosts: Stenoma adytomes , Stenoma sp. with interim name Janzen687 ( Elachistidae ).

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG dry forest and rain forest.

Etymology.

This species is named in honour of Sr. Mario Carvajal in recognition of his support, as Minister of Agriculture, for ACG biodiversity conservation through biodiversity development, and watchful support of ACG resources in the Fundacion de Parques Nacionales and in ACG.