Pseudapanteles mariobozai 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 : 19-20

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles mariobozai Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield sp. n. Figs 94- 98

Holotype.

♂ in CNC. COSTA RICA, ACG, Alajuela Province, Sector San Cristobal, Bosque Trampa Malaise, 815m, 10.86280, -85.38460, 16.vi.2007. ACG database code: DHJPAR0025932.

Diagnosis.

It belongs to the annulicornis species-group, and can be separated from other species within that group based on the relatively extensive dark area on metatibia (0.6 its length), brown pterostigma, T1 and T2 shape, and body length of at least 2.1 mm.

Description.

Male. Body length 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. Mesosoma color: entirely dark brown to black. Metasoma color (dorsally): entirely dark brown to black. Coxae color: pale/pale/mostly or completely dark. Metatibia color: mostly dark, with anterior 0.4 pale. Metatarsus color: dark. Pterostigma color: entirely dark.

Female. Unknown.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 1, barcode compliant sequences: None.

Biology/ecology.

Malaise-trapped.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG rain forest.

Etymology.

This species is named in honour of Sr. Mario Boza in recognition of his co-midwifery and constant caretaking of the Costa Rican National Park System, today the Areas Silvestres Protegidas (ASPs) of the Sistema de Areas de Conservacion (SINAC) of MINAE, as well as being the Director of Fundación Neotrópica when it received its first major donation for the ACG power line and land purchase in 1985.