Eriastichus neonis, Hansson, 2021

Hansson, Christer, 2021, The genus Eriastichus La Salle (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae, Tetrastichinae) in the Neotropical region, introducing 48 new species, ZooKeys 1019, pp. 35-91 : 35

Eriastichus neonis sp. nov. Figure 39

Type locality.

Costa Rica, Cartago, Humo, El Copal, 9°47'N, 83°45'W, 1050-1250 m, 29.ii-6.iii.2008, C. Hansson leg.

Type specimen.

Holotype male dried and glued to a paper card. Original labels: "Costa Rica, Cartago, Humo, El Copal, 9°47'N, 83°45'W, 1050-1250 m, 29.ii-6.iii.2008, C. Hansson", "HOLOTYPE Eriastichus neonis Hansson" [red printed label], (MZLU:7040.1).

Additional type material.

Paratypes (3♂♂): 1♂ with same label data as holotype (MZLU:7040.2); 1♂ "COSTA RICA, Heredia, E. La Selva, 75 m, LN 264463/532850, 30-31.iii.2002, swept, J. Azofeifa" (MZUCR:01694); 1♂ "COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, San Vito, E. Las Alturas, 1500 m, 8°57'N, 82°50'W, 17-18.ii.2012, J.S. Noyes, NHM (Ent) 2012-91" (NHMUK014431054).

Diagnosis

(male). Head dark brown, scape yellowish brown, pedicel and flagellum brown; ventral plaque on scape ca. 0.3 × as long as scape (Fig. 39 ), antenna with dorsobasal setae on F1 0.7 × as long as F1; gaster with lateral tufts of pale and flattened setae on Gt6.

Description

(male holotype MZLU:7040.1). Length of body 1.5 mm (paratypes 1.3-1.6 mm). Head dark brown, scape yellowish brown, pedicel and flagellum brown, ventral plaque dark brown. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and propodeum black, dorsellum dark brown. Legs yellowish brown. Gaster dark brown.

Head. Length/width in frontal view 0.8; width/length in dorsal view 1.9; POL/OOL 2.5; WM/MS 1.6; MS/HE 0.5; HE/head length in frontal view 0.6; widths head/mesoscutum 1.2. Antenna. Pedicel + flagellum length/mesoscutum width 2.5; pedicel + flagellum length/head width 2.1; lengths scape/ventral plaque 4.0; ventral plaque located below the middle of scape; scape length/width 3.0; lengths scape/head (dorsal view) 0.5; scape length/HE 0.8; length/width F1, F2, F3, F4, clava: 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 3.0, 7.0; length dorsobasal setae on F1/length F1 0.7. Mesosoma. Length/width 1.8; mesoscutum length/width 0.7; mesoscutellum length/width 0.9; widths SMG/SLG 1.2; enclosed space between SMG length/width 2.1; lengths mesoscutum/mesoscutellum 1.5; lengths mesoscutellum/dorsellum 2.6; lengths mesosoma/gaster 0.8. Wings. CC length/width 23.0; lengths CC/MV 0.9; lengths MV/ST 2.1; lengths MV/PM 5.0; lengths PM/ST 0.4; submarginal vein with six setae on dorsal surface (6-7 setae in paratypes). Gaster. With lateral tufts of pale and flattened setae on Gt6.

Figures

Figures 35 - 40. Eriastichus spp. head and antenna in lateral view, male holotypes 35 E. hilaris 36 E. maniatis 37 E. johnlasallei 38 E. nebulis 39 E. neonis 40 E. johnnoyesi.