Apanteles insularis Muesebeck, 1921

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Whitfield, James B., Rodriguez, Josephine J., Smith, M. Alex, Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie D., Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Burns, John M., Solis, M. Alma, Brown, John, Cardinal, Sophie, Goulet, Henri & Hebert, Paul D. N., 2014, Review of Apantelessensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to all described species from Mesoamerica, ZooKeys 383, pp. 1-565 : 160-161

Apanteles insularis Muesebeck, 1921 Fig. 158

Urogaster grenadensis Ashmead, 1900: 285.

Apanteles grenadensis (Ashmead). Transferred by Szépligeti (1904: 110), but that name was preoccupied by Apanteles grenadensis Ashmead, 1900: 277.

Apanteles insularis Muesebeck, 1921: 514. New replacement name.

Type locality.

GRENADA, Balthazar.

Holotype.

♀, BMNH (examined photos of the holotype).

Molecular data.

No molecular data available for this species.

Biology/ecology.

No host known.

Distribution.

Grenada, St. Vincent. There is no suggestion that this species occurs in ACG.

Comments.

The placement of insularis within this group is only based on examination of photos of the holotype. The holotype has a body length of 2.4 mm and fore wing length of 2.7 mm (Gavin Broad, personal communication), as well as the tegula and the humeral complex are pale.