Apanteles federicomatarritai 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 : 132-133

Apanteles federicomatarritai Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Figs 168, 327

Apanteles Rodriguez41 ( Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the authors.

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Mamones, 365m, 10.77074, -85.42874.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0020615. 2. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Mamones, 24.xii.2007, 10.77074°N, 85.42874°W, 365m, DHJPAR0020615.

Paratypes.

151 ♀, 139 ♂ (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 shorter than body (head to apex of metasoma), not 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 or 2.5-2.6 mm. Metafemur length/width: 2.8-2.9. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.3-2.4. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin: 1.4-1.5. Ovipositor sheaths length/metafemur length: 0.9. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 0.8.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 38, barcode compliant sequences: 30.

Biology/ecology.

Gregarious (Fig. 327). Hosts: Hesperiidae , Chioides zilpa , Polygonus leo .

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Federico Matarrita in recognition of his diligent efforts to rebuild and develop the ACG web site at http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr and guide the parataxonomists into displaying their Species Pages there.