Diospilus podobe PAPP, 1995

Papp, J., 2012, Three new diospiline species from Honduras (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Helconinae: Diospilini), Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (1), pp. 601-611 : 603-604

Diospilus podobe PAPP , new (Figs 8-12)

Diospilus podobe PAPP 1995: 106 type locality: Costa Rica, Surrubes, female holotype in Hungarian Natural History Museum (Department of Zoology), Budapest (No. 7686).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d 1, 1 Honduras, Cortés Parque Nacional Cusuco, 5 km N Buenos Aires, 15$29’N / 88$13’W, 1: 15 July 1995 and 1: 30 July 1995, leg. R. Cave.

The species was originally described on the basis of a single female specimen. A pair of specimens: one female and one male were caught in Honduras, they proved to represent the species in question. The male specimen is new to science, the female deviates from the holotype in a few features.

D e s c r i p t i o n of the male: Similar to the female holotype. Body 3.3 mm long. Antenna with 28 antennomeres. Head in dorsal view 1.8 times as broad as long, temple somewhat longer than eye (Fig. 8). Forewing: pterostigma 2.6 times as long as wide (Fig. 12). Hind femur 3.3 times as long as broad medially (Fig. 11). Legs whitish to pale yellow.

Deviating features of the female: Body 3.2 mm long. Antenna with 29 antennomeres. Forewing: r short though distinct, 3-SR 0.8 times as long as 2-SR. Ovipositor sheath short, as long as hind tibia + basitarsus combined. Legs whitish to pale yellow.

Host unknown.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Costa Rica, Honduras (new record).