Neopomphale cerrobius, HANSSON & LASALLE, 2003

HANSSON, C. & LASALLE, J., 2003, Revision of the Neotropical species of the tribe Euderomphalini (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), Journal of Natural History 37 (6), pp. 697-778 : 723-725

Neopomphale cerrobius sp. n.

(figure 37)

Diagnosis

Fore wing with basal one-third infuscate and with a small speculum (as in rubescens (figure 60)); head transverse, 0.7× as high as wide; eyes small, ratio HE/MS=1.4.

Male (length of body= 0.9 mm)

Colour. Antenna pale brown. Frons and vertex pale brown. Occiput dark brown with metallic tinges. Mesosoma dark brown, shiny. Coxae and femora dark and metallic; fore and mid tibiae predominantly dark brown, pale at apex, hind tibia dark and metallic; tarsi white. Fore wing with basal one-third strongly infuscate, remaining two-thirds hyaline. Gaster dark with golden-purple tinges, membranes whitish.

Head. Antenna as in figure 37. HE/MS/MO: 1.4/1.0/1.0. Frons and vertex with strong reticulation, meshes transverse. Posterior ocelli situated at occipital margin; POL/OOL: 3.8/1.0. Occipital margin rounded; transverse groove distinct and median longitudinal groove indistinct. WH/WT=1.0.

Mesosoma . Mesoscutum flattened, 0.6× as long as wide, with weak and engraved reticulation, anterior half with ± isodiametric meshes, posterior half with elongate meshes; with one pair of setae situated close to anterior margin. Scutellum flat, 0.7× as long as wide, smooth and shiny; scutellar setae situated about in the middle, ratio distances to anterior margin of scutellum/posterior margin of scutellum=1.3. Axilla advanced its entire length in front of scuto-scutellar sulcus. TPS strongly curved. Fore wing speculum very small and closed below; LW/LM/HW: 2.2/1.0/1.2; PM/ST=0.3. Propodeum smooth and shiny; propodeal callus with

two setae.

Metasoma. Gastral tergites smooth and shiny; MM/LG=1.1.

Material examined

H: W, Costa Rica: San José, Cerro de la Muerte , 20 km S Empalme, 2800 m, November 1988 to January 1989, P. Hanson (BMNH) .

Distribution Costa Rica.

Remarks

The transverse head of cerrobius (known only in the male sex) is similar to the one found in transversa (known only in the female sex). However, cerrobius and transversa are not conspecific, e.g. the fore wing is different: cerrobius with basal one-third strongly infuscate and speculum very small (almost absent); transversa with an infuscate stripe below middle of marginal vein and with distinct speculum.