Pseudapanteles rodrigogamezi 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 : 25

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles rodrigogamezi Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield sp. n. Figs 156- 161

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. COSTA RICA, ACG, Alajuela Province, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Estacion Caribe, 415m, 10.90187, -85.27495, 23.vi.2007. ACG database code: DHJPAR0025819.

Diagnosis.

It belongs to the annulicornis species-group, and can be separated from other species within that group based on metatibia dark brown on posterior 0.9, pterostigma yellow-white, with very thin brown margins, T1 shape, and length of body and fore wing (1.6 mm).

Description.

Female. Body length 1.6-1.7 mm. Fore wing length 1.6-1.7 mm. Head color: mostly dark brown to black; except for orange on most of frons and face, and 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: pale/pale/mostly or completely dark. Metatibia color: mostly dark, with anterior 0.1 pale. Metatarsus color: dark. Pterostigma color: entirely pale. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin 4.6-5.0 ×. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin 2.9-3.0 ×. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 2.0-2.1 ×. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: Mostly smoth and polished. Ovipositor sheaths length: 0.6 × as long as metatibia.

Male. Unknown.

Molecular data.

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

Biology/ecology.

Malaise-trapped.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG rain forest.

Etymology.

This species is named in honour of Dr. Rodrigo Gamez in recognition of his founding and developing INBio, guiding the emergence of Costa Rican national conservation policy for non-damaging use, and being the primary supporter of ACG’s early efforts to establish its endowment-supported budgetary system.