Galeopsomyia itauna Perioto

Hansson, Christer & Hanson, Paul E., 2023, EULOPHIDAE OF COSTA RICA (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), 5: The genus Galeopsomyia Girault, Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) 3 (1), pp. 1-743 : 198-199

Galeopsomyia itauna Perioto & Costa

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Galeopsomyia itauna Perioto & Costa, in Perioto, Lara & Costa 2009:86. Holotype ♀ (MZSP); not examined. Brazil.

Diagnosis (female). Antennal clava solid; genal carina absent; mesoscutellum with median part with weak reticulation and shiny, lateral parts with strong reticulation, submedian grooves with outer margin missing and diverging towards posterior part; dorsellum with median carina; propodeum with a mix of irregular carinae and reticulation, callus with four setae; hind coxa with a strong carina along posterior margin; medio-basal Gt 1 with a transverse carina dorsally.

Description. See Perioto & Costa (2009).

Hosts. Reared from seeds of Ilex affinis ( Aquifoliaceae ), and is presumably a parasitoid of the seed infesting Prodecatoma juliae Perioto & Lara ( Hymenoptera : Eurytomidae ) ( Perioto & Costa 2009).

Distribution. Brazil ( Perioto & Costa 2009).

Material examined.

No material has been examined. The interpretation of this species is based on the detailed and well illustrated original description.