Closterocerus coffeellae Ihering, 1914

Hansson, Christer, 2022, Eulophidae Of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), 4 The Genus Closterocerus Westwood S. Str., Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) 1 (1), pp. 1-137 : 37-39

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Closterocerus coffeellae Ihering View in CoL

( Figs 1 View Fig , 6–12 View Figs 6–13 , 70–74 View Figs 70–76 , 202–204 View Figs 200–204 , 208 View Figs 205–213 , 220 View Figs 214–223 , 233 View Figs 233–238 )

Closterocerus coffeellae Ihering, 1914:95 View in CoL . Unknown number of syntypes, type locality: Brazil, Sao Paulo, Tayuva, depository unknown. I have not seen any type material of C. coffeellae , but I have been able to examine a long series of specimens reared from the same host, the coffee leaf-miner ( Leucoptera coffeella ), as the type of this species, from Colombia. These specimens agree well with the original description of C. coffeellae and I am certain that they represent this species.

Diagnosis. Antenna dark brown, flattened, scape triangular and widest at apex ( Fig. 220 View Figs 214–223 ); frons with upper border with a blunt edge ( Figs 204 View Figs 200–204 , 233 View Figs 233–238 ); pronotal collar with a carina along anterior margin ( Figs 70, 72 View Figs 70–76 ); midlobe of mesoscutum with 3–5 pairs of short setae; fore wing infuscate with an uninterrupted hyaline band close to apical margin and with bare patch below marginal vein hyaline ( Figs 1 View Fig , 70, 72 View Figs 70–76 , 208 View Figs 205–213 ); petiole 0.5–1× as long as wide, dorsally with strong sculpture; length of body female 1.1–2.0mm, male 1.1–1.8mm.

Redescription (female non-types, material below, ratios based on a female non-type specimen from Colombia reared from Leucoptera coffeella ). Length of body: 1.1–2.0mm.

Antenna dark brown. Frons metallic purple to golden-green. Vertex metallic bluish-purple or purple. Midlobe of mesoscutum dark non-metallic with anterolateral parts and sidelobes metallic bluish-green or bluish-purple, completely dark non-metallic, midlobe metallic bluish-green with a golden-red medio-posterior spot and sidelobes metallic bluish-purple, or completely metallic bluish-purple or purple. Mesoscutellum black non-metallic with sides metallic bluish-green or bluish-purple, completely metallic purple, metallic bluish-green with a golden-red antero-median spot, or completely bluish-purple. Dorsellum golden-purple, metallic bluish-green or purple. Propodeum black non-metallic or golden-purple. Coxae, femora, mid and hind tibiae dark brown; fore tibia whitish with basal one-third dark brown; fore and mid tarsi infuscate, hind tarsus with T1&4 dark brown, T2&3 white, occasionally with only T4 dark brown. Fore wing infuscate with an uninterrupted hyaline band close to apical margin and with bare patch below marginal vein hyaline, hind wing hyaline. Petiole black. Gaster dark brown with sides of Gt 1,2 metallic bluish-purple, to completely metallic bluish-purple.

Antenna flattened, scape widest at apex. Frons and vertex with strong reticulation. Frontofacial suture V-shaped; frons with upper border with a blunt edge. Subtorular sutures present. Occipital margin rounded.

Pronotal collar with a carina along anterior margin. Mesoscutum with strong reticulation; notauli narrow and complete; midlobe of mesoscutum with 3–5 pairs of short setae. Mesoscutellum with strong to weak reticulation. Dorsellum flat and smooth. Propodeum with a complete median carina and with strong reticulation, or without median carina and smooth. Fore wing with speculum closed; with a stigmal hairline and with radial cell bare.

Petiole 0.5–1× as long as wide with strong sculpture on dorsal surface. Gaster ±circular with apex rounded.

Relative measurements: head length dorsal 18.5; head length frontal 23; head width 40; POL 6; OOL 4; lateral ocellus maximum width 3.5; eye length 19.5; malar space 5.5; mouth width 9.5; mesosoma length 48; mesosoma width 37.5; mesoscutellum length 20; mesoscutellum width 22; fore wing length 68; fore wing width 43.5; marginal vein length 38; postmarginal vein length 3; stigmal vein length 6; fore wing marginal fringe length 3.5; gaster length 46; gaster width 38.

Male. Length of body: 1.1–1.8mm. Scape less expanded apically than in female. Vertex metallic bluish-purple in anterior one-half, metallic purple in posterior one-half; anterior one-half with strong reticulation, posterior one-half with very weak reticulation. Mesoscutum with midlobe golden-green to golden-red, sidelobes metallic purple. Mesoscutellum golden-red with sides metallic purple, or black medially and golden-green laterally. Dorsellum metallic purple or blue. Propodeum black with metallic tinges.

Hosts. The coffee leafminer ( Leucoptera coffeella , Lepidoptera : Lyonetiidae ) ( Ihering 1914) and in material here from Colombia and Costa Rica. New records: Evippe sp. ( Lepidoptera : Gelechiidae ) on Erythroxylum tortuosum ( Erythroxylaceae ) ( Brazil); Porphyrosela sp. ( Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae ) on Phaseolus lunatus (Leguminosae) ( Costa Rica); Phyllocnistis sp. ( Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae ) ( Brazil).

Distribution. Argentina ( De Santis 1967), Brazil ( Ihering 1914), Colombia ( De Santis 1989). New records: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru.

Material examined.

Non-type material ( CNC, MZLU, MZUCR, NHMUK, TAMU). BRAZIL: 3♀, Sao Paulo, Fazenda, Palmeira-da-Serra, Pratania, viii.2005, ex Evippe sp. on Erythroxylum tortuosum (M.N. Ishino) ; 1♀, Sao Paulo, Campinas, 2.x.1998, ex Phyllocnistis sp. (V.A. Costa). COLOMBIA: 55♀ 2♂, Departamento Caldas, Naranjal, 1400m, 15.viii.1994, ex Leucoptera coffeella (C.V. Lopez) ; 3♀, Valle Pradera, 1300m, 1981 (E. Florez); 2♀, Boyacá, SFF Iguaque, Cabaña Mamaramos, 2855m, 5°25’N, 73°27’W, 1-19.iv.2000 (P. Reina); 1♂ from same locality as previous but collected 17.viii-1.ix.2000; 1♂, Palacio, Paramo de Palacio, 4°41’N, 73°50’W, 2900m, 20.v.1992. COSTA RICA: 1♀, Alajuela, vicinity of Boca Tapada de San Carlos, 10°40’N, 84°12’W, 250m, 28.iii.1989, ex Tischeria sp. on Cecropia insignis (L.M. LaPierre) ; 1♀, Alajuela, P.N.Arenal, 10°28’N, 84°45’W, 617m, 21-28.ii.2005 (C. Hansson); 3♀, Cartago, La Cangreja, 9°48’N, 83°58’W, 1950m, ix-x.1991 (P. Hanson); 2♀, Cartago, Turrialba, P.N. Barbilla, Sendero Bartnon, LN21700_602550, 1550m, 26.iv.2001 (F. Umaña); 2♀, Cartago, Ochomogo, Centro de Investigacion, del Ganado lechero, Alfredo Volio Mata, 1300m, 6-8.iv.2001, ex larva of Porphyrosela sp. leaf miner on Phaseolus lunatus (A. Thiry) ; 1♀, Guanacaste, Est. Pitilla ( ACG), 700m, 24.i-27.ii.1996 (J.S. Noyes); 1♀ from same locality as previous but collected 4-25.xi.1991; 1♀, Guanacaste, Guanacaste N.P., below Volcan Cacao, 400-600m, 3.iii.1990 (J.S. Noyes); 1♀, Guanacaste, R.V.S. Bosque Diriá, Torre Vigilancia, Cerrot Retallano, LN239083_ 358610, 700m, 12.vi-9. vii.2001 (I. Jiménez); 2♂, Heredia, Est. La Esperanza, 2500m, 24.iii.2002 (J. Azofeifa); 1♀, Heredia, 11km SE La Virgen, 450-500m, 23.ii-26.iv.2003, 05/M/NOTN, INBio-OET-ALAS; 1♀, Heredia, 16km SSE La Virgen, 10°16’N, 84°05’W, 1050-1150m, 9-29.iii.2001, 11/M/NOTN, INBio-OET-ALAS; 1♀, Limón, Valle Silencio, Zona de Acampar, LS341250_577200, 2400m, 17.iv-17.v.2001 (D. Rubí); 12♀ 5♂, Puntarenas, Est.Altamira, 9°02’N, 83°00’W, 1450-1700m, 7.ii-5.iii.2002 (C. Hansson & parataxonomos); 3♀, Puntarenas, San Vito, Las Cruces, Wilson Botanico, 8°47’N, 82°58’W, 1150m, 18-22.iii.1990 (J.S. Noyes); 1♀ from same locality as previous but collected 7-19.ii.2007; 3♀, Puntarenas, E.B. Monteverde, 10°20’N, 84°49’W, 1540m, 18-25. ii.2004 (C. Hansson); 3♀ from same locality as previous but collected 26.ii.2007; 1♀, San José, 6km N San Gerardo, 2800m, iv.1992 (P. Hanson); 1♂, San José, 26km N San Isidro, 9°30’N, 83°43’W, 2100m, ii-v.1991 (P. Hanson); 1♂ from same locality as previous but collected ix-x.1992; 3♀ 1♂, San José, 19km S, 1km W Empalme, Mirador Quetzales, 2600m, xii.1999 - iv.2000 (P. Hanson); 4♀, San José, San Gerardo de Dota, 20-21. ii.2013 (J.S. Noyes); 1♀, San José, Cerro de la Muerte,, 20km S Empalme, 2800m, vii-ix.1990 (P. Hanson); 1♀, San José, Zurqui de Moravia, 1600m, ix-x.1993 (P. Hanson); 1♀, San José, San Pedro, UCR Campus, v.1993, ex Leucoptera on coffee (J. Bernal); 1♀ 2♂, Hwy. # 2 km 66, 9°36’N, 83°45’W, 2400m, 3-4.iv.1985 (L. Masner & H. Goulet). GUATEMALA: 1♀, 5km E Antigua Guatemala, 1780m, 7.xii.1991 (R. Baranowski). HONDURAS: 1♀, San Francisco Morazan, San Antonio de Oriente, Uyuca, 6.iii.1997 (C. Hansson); 1♀, Cortéz, P.N. San Cusuco, 5km N Buenos Aires, 15°29’N, 83°13’W, 8.iii.1997 (C. Hansson). MEXICO: 1♀, Durango, 30mi W La Ciudad, 6500’ [1981m], 4.viii.1964 (W.R.M. Mason); 1♀, Guerrero, 32mi SE Petatlan, 14.vii.1984 (J.B. Woolley); 1♀, Jalisco, Rd to Parque Nacional de Volcan de Colima, 11mi W Hwy. junct. 54 (nr Atenquique), 11-12.vii.1984 (J.B. Woolley); 1♀, Puebla, 3.7mi S Zacapoaxtla, 23.vii.1985 (J.B. Woolley). PERU: 3♀ 1♂, Cusco, Ollantaytambo, 19.xii.1983 (L. Huggert).

Comments. The variation in colour on the thoracic dorsum is extensive in this species, in both sexes, as described above ( Figs 70, 72 View Figs 70–76 , 202, 203 View Figs 200–204 ).