Alphomelon amazonas Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori, 2023

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Shimbori, Eduardo M., Whitfield, James B., Penteado-Dias, Angelica M., Shaw, Scott R., Boudreault, Caroline, Sones, Jayme, Perez, Kate, Brown, Allison, Manjunath, Ramya, Burns, John M., Hebert, P. D. N., Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnifred & Janzen, Daniel H., 2023, A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Alphomelon Mason with the description of 30 new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), ZooKeys 1175, pp. 5-162 : 5

Alphomelon amazonas Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

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Type material.

Holotype. Colombia • Female, CNC; Amazonas, Leticia, 04°12'34.20"S, 69°56'49.53"W; 19-26.II.1974; Malaise Trap; Voucher code: CNC1066010.

Distribution.

Colombia.

Biology.

No data.

DNA barcoding.

Not available.

Etymology.

Named after the Colombian department Amazonas, the capital of which is the type locality, Leticia. The species name also indirectly refers to the Amazon River (in Spanish also spelled as Amazonas), which borders the city of Leticia, as an appreciation of the extraordinary diversity found in that area.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput but not to clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: yellow/brown. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 1. Pterostigma shape: comparatively more elongate, its length ≥ 3.0 × its central height and more triangular-shaped with its two lower margins more or less straight. T1 sculpture: strongly sculptured on at least apical half or more. T1 central ridge: strongly marked by two raised carinae and strong costulae centrally. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly strongly sculptured. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 4.1 mm. Fore wing length: 3.7 mm.

Figures

Figure 2. Alphomelon amazonas Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female CNC 1066010 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C fore wing D propodeum and metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma and T 1, dorsal.