Galeopsomyia fuga Hansson, 2023

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 : 178-179

Galeopsomyia fuga Hansson sp.nov.

( Figs 220, 221 , 726 )

Diagnosis (female). Antenna with F1 3.6×, F2 2.6×, F3 2.4× as long as wide ( Fig. 726 ); mesoscutellum ( Fig. 220 ) with very weak reticulation and shiny, meshes elongate, submedian grooves as pit rows, parallel and distinct; fore and mid coxae yellowish-brown, hind coxa brown in basal half and yellowish-brown in apical half, tibiae yellowish-brown ( Fig. 221 ); hind femur 4.6× as long as wide; petiole a narrow band; gaster ( Fig. 220 ) 3.4× as long as wide; gonoplac 0.8× as long as length of hind femur ( Fig. 221 ).

Female holotype: length of body 3.2mm (paratype 2.6mm).

Scape yellowish-brown with apico-dorsal part dark brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown to black. Head with frons black with metallic tinges, clypeus dark brown; vertex black with metallic pale blue tinges. Mesosoma golden-green. Legs with fore and mid coxae yellowish-white, hind coxa yellowish-brown; trochanters, femora, tibiae and tarsi yellowish-brown, T4 dark brown. Wings hyaline, veins yellowish-brown. Petiole yellowish-brown. Gaster with Gt 1-6 black with pale golden green tinges, Gt 7 black; gonoplac black.

Face below level of toruli with strong reticulation, clypeus smooth, frons rugose, antennal scrobes with weak reticulation. Vertex with very weak reticulation. Occipital margin with a carina.

Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric on sidelobes, elongate on midlobe; midlobe with median groove indicated in posterior half, with four adnotaular setae in one row. Mesoscutellum with pit rows instead of submedian grooves; with very weak reticulation and shiny, meshes elongate. Axillae with very weak reticulation. Dorsellum with weak sculpture. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation. Fore wing with three setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum open below and towards base of wing.

Petiole very short, just a narrow band. Gaster elongate; Gt 1 with anterior half smooth and posterior half with weak reticulation, remaining tergites with strong reticulation.

Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 26; head length, frontal view 44; POL 10.5; OOL 8; lateral ocellus diameter 5; head width 56; mouth width 20; malar space 16; eye length 23; scape length 23.5; scape width 5; pedicel+flagellum length 79; pedicel length 8; pedicel width, dorsal view 4; F1 length 16; F1 width 4.5; F2 length 13; F2 width 5; F3 length 12; F3 width 5; clava length 25; clava width 5.5; C3 length 9.5; spicule length 2; mesosoma length 84; mesosoma width 51; midlobe of mesoscutum length 31; mesoscutellum length 29; mesoscutellum width 23; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 11.5; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part11; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 12; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 3; dorsellum length 3; propodeum length 14; costal cell length 43; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 2.5; marginal vein length 50; stigmal vein length 13; gaster length 134; gaster width 40; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 15; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 13; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 22; Gt 7 width (measured at base) 14; longest cercal seta length 14; shortest cercal seta length 6.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Material examined.

Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Estación Biológica Monteverde , 10º20′N, 84º49′W, 1540m, 26.ii.2007, J.S. Noyes ( NHMUK) . Paratype 1♀ COSTA RICA, San José, Zurqui de Moravia , 10º03’03’’N, 84º00’22’’W, 1600m, iii.1991, P. Hanson ( MZLU)

Figures

Figs 220–223. Galeopsomyia fuga, holotype ♀ – (220) habitus dorsal view; (221) habitus lateral view. Galeopsomyia lama, holotype ♀ – (222) habitus dorsal view; (223) habitus lateral view.

Figs 724–732. Head incl. antennae, lateral view ♀ – (724) Galeopsomyia springerae; (725) G. corista; (726) G. fuga; (727) G. lama; (728) G. amadea; (729) G. rosea; (730) G. insignis; (731) G. admirabilis; (732) G. abra.