Apleurotropis ficaria, Hansson, Christer, 2010

Hansson, Christer, 2010, Apleurotropis Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) new to tropical America, including six new species and biological records, Zootaxa 2563, pp. 35-52 : 47

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.197172

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6210841

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B3A716-FFD4-3917-FF4D-B732404DAA75

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Plazi

scientific name

Apleurotropis ficaria
status

sp. nov.

Apleurotropis ficaria sp. nov.

( Figs 22–26 View FIGURES 22 – 26 , 45, 46 View FIGURES 36 – 46 )

Diagnosis. Costal cell with ventral surface with a complete row of setae (as in Fig. 35 View FIGURES 32 – 35 ); frontal suture slightly V-shaped ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 22 – 26 ); female with fore and mid coxae pale brown with metallic tinges, hind coxa dark and metallic, male with fore and mid coxae dark brown and metallic, hind coxa dark and metallic; postmarginal vein 4.0X as long as stigmal vein; petiole 1.1X as long as wide in female and 1.3X as long as wide in male. Similar to A. strix but with smaller eyes.

Description. FEMALE. Length 2.0 mm.

Scape pale brown, remaining antenna dark brown. Frons below frontal suture golden-green, above suture metallic bluish-purple. Vertex golden-red. Mesoscutum, scutellum and propodeum metallic bluish-green. Fore and mid coxae pale brown with metallic tinges; femora dark brown; fore tibia with basal ½ dark brown and apical ½ white, mid and hind tibiae white; tarsi white. Forewing hyaline with an infuscate spot medially. Petiole completely dark. Gaster with tergites 1–3 metallic bluish-green, remaining tergites metallic dark purple.

Antenna as in Fig. 45 View FIGURES 36 – 46 . Frons with raised and strong reticulation ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 22 – 26 ). Vertex predominantly smooth, inside ocellar triangle with engraved and very weak reticulation ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 22 – 26 ).

Mesoscutum with engraved and strong reticulation, posterior 1/3 with weak median groove ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 22 – 26 ); notaular depressions smooth and shiny. Scutellum with engraved reticulation, laterally and posteriorly smooth ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 22 – 26 ). Axillae with engraved and very weak reticulation ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 22 – 26 ). Dorsellum smooth with two large foveae anterolaterally (fig. 26). Propodeal callus with two setae ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 22 – 26 ). Forewing rounded, speculum closed below. Petiolar foramen rounded.

Petiole dorsally with strong longitudinal and irregular carinae, 1.1X as long as wide, mediolaterally without a spine ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 22 – 26 ). Gaster ovate with pointed apex.

MALE. Length 1.8 mm.

Scape dark and metallic. Entire frons metallic bluish-purple. Vertex golden-red inside ocellar triangle, metallic bluish-purple outside. Fore and mid coxae dark brown with metallic tinges, fore tibia entirely white. Colour otherwise as in female.

Antenna as in Fig. 46 View FIGURES 36 – 46 . Head otherwise as in female.

Petiole dorsally smooth and shiny, 1.3X as long as wide, with a spine mediolaterally. Meso- and metasoma otherwise as in female.

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Biology. Reared from a leaf pustule gall on Ficus hartwegii (Moraceae) .

Material examined. Holotype female ( BMNH) labeled " Costa Rica: San José, Zurqui de Moravia, 1600 m, 10˚3'N 84˚0'W, xi.1997, from leaf pustule gall on Ficus hartwegii, P. Hanson " ( BMNH).

Paratype. 1ɗ on card with same label data as holotype ( BMNH).

Etymology. Named for its host-plant association (Latin ficaria = of figs).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Eulophidae

Genus

Apleurotropis

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