Pseudapanteles munifigueresae Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex & Kula, Robert, 2014, Revision of the genus Pseudapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with emphasis on the species in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, ZooKeys 446, pp. 1-82 : 21

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles munifigueresae Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield sp. n. Figs 116- 120

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. COSTA RICA, ACG, Alajuela Province, Sector San Cristobal, Rio Blanco Abajo, 500m, 10.90037, -85.37254, 23.iv.2008. ACG database code: DHJPAR0027221.

Diagnosis.

It belongs to the annulicornis species-group, and can be separated from other species within that group based on metatibia relatively extensively dark (on posterior 0.6), shape of T1 and T2, and length of body and fore wing.

Description.

Female. Body length 1.8-1.9 mm. Fore wing length 1.8-1.9 mm. Head color: mostly dark brown to black, except for yellow clypeus, labrum, mandibles, and spot on lower corner of gena near oral foramen. Flagellomere color: all flagellomere brown to black. Mesosoma color: entirely dark brown to black. Metasoma color (dorsally): mostly dark brown to black, except for yellow-orange anterior 0.4-0.6 of mediotergite 1. Coxae color: pale/pale/mostly or completely dark. Metatibia color: mostly dark, with anterior 0.4 pale. Metatarsus color: dark. Pterostigma color: entirely dark. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin 5.6-6.0 ×. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin 3.5 × or more. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 2.7-2.8 ×. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: Mostly smoth and polished. Ovipositor sheaths length: 0.7 × as long as metatibia.

Male. Unknown.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 1, barcode compliant sequences: 1.

Biology/ecology.

Malaise-trapped.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG rain forest.

Etymology.

This species is named in honour of Sra. Muni Figueres in recognition of her understanding and support of ACG biodiversity development since the late 1980's, and most recently as Costa Rica’s Ambassador to the United States, based in Washington, D.C.