Alphomelon gloriasihezarae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori, 2023

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Shimbori, Eduardo M., Whitfield, James B., Penteado-Dias, Angelica M., Shaw, Scott R., Boudreault, Caroline, Sones, Jayme, Perez, Kate, Brown, Allison, Manjunath, Ramya, Burns, John M., Hebert, P. D. N., Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnifred & Janzen, Daniel H., 2023, A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Alphomelon Mason with the description of 30 new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), ZooKeys 1175, pp. 5-162 : 5

Alphomelon gloriasihezarae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Figs 33A-E , 96A

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Estacion San Gerardo, 10°52'48.32"N, 85°23'19.93"W, 575m; 15.IV.2008; Malaise Trap; coll. Daniel Janzen & Winifred Hallwachs; Voucher code: DHJPAR0026269.

Paratypes. Costa Rica • 1 female, 1 male, CNC; DHJPAR0012536, DHJPAR0039877.

Other specimens examined.

Mexico • 1 female, 1 male, CBG. Voucher codes: 07TAPACH-01674, 07TAPACH-01693 .

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG), Mexico.

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Cymaenes odilia trebius , Morys micythus .

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAE5720.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sra. Gloria Sihezar in honor of her decades of teamwork in the ACG parataxonomist team.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput but not to clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: yellow/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 1. Pterostigma shape: comparatively less elongate, its length ≤ 2.5 × its central height and usually more rounded with at least one of its lower margins curved. T1 sculpture: strongly sculptured on at least apical half or more. T1 central ridge: strongly marked by two raised carinae and strong costulae centrally. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.5-3.6 mm. Fore wing length: 3.5-3.7 mm.

Notes.

The specimens from Mexico (at least one sequence being a full barcode) are associated with the species because their sequences match perfectly with ACG specimens and the images available in BOLD are also similar.

Figures

Figure 33. Alphomelon gloriasihezarae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female DHJPAR 0026269 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C wings D propodeum and metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 96. Parasite cocoons A Alphomelon gloriasihezarae 09 - SRNP- 45000 - DHJ 465227 B Alphomelon guillermopereirai 16 - SRNP- 70422 - DHJ 732639.