Exoryza yeimycedenoae Fernandez-Triana

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex, Dapkey, Tanya, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel H., 2016, Review of the world species of Exoryza (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with description of five new species, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63 (2), pp. 195-210 : 202-203

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Exoryza yeimycedenoae Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Figs 33-39

Holotype.

Female, CNC. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Cacao, Sendero Cima, 1,460m, 10.93328, -85.45729, 18.xii.2008, coll. D. Janzen & W. Hallwachs. DNA voucher code: DHJPAR0031496.

Diagnostic description.

Body color. Head (except for clypeus and mandibles), mesosoma and metasoma (dorsally) dark brown to black; laterotergites and sternites mostly yellow, hypopygium mostly dark brown; antennal flagellomeres dark brown; tegula and wing base white-yellow; pterostigma mostly brown (with small pale spot on proximal 0.1); legs mostly white-yellow except for metacoxa (black on proximal 0.6, white-yellow on distal 0.4), metafemur (distal 0.1 dorsally brown), metatibia (distal 0.2 dark brown), and metatarsus (mostly dark brown). Body ratios. Flagellomere 2 length/width: 3.3 x. Flagellomere 14 length/width: 2.1 x. Malar line/mandible width: 0.9 x. Metafemur length/width: 3.8 x. Metatibial inner/outer spur length: 1.1 x. T1 length/width at posterior margin: 1.4 x. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.5 x. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 1.1 x. Body measurements (all in mm). Body length: 3.3. Fore wing length: 3.5. Flagellomere 2 length/width: 0.30/0.09. Flagellomere 14 length/width: 0.14/0.065. Flagellomeres 1/2/3/14/15/16 length: 0.29/0.30/0.30/0.14/0.13/0.165. OOL: 0.13. POL: 0.12. Diameter of posterior ocellus: 0.07. Malar line/mandible width: 0.09/0.10. Metafemur length/width: 0.98/0.26. Metatibia length: 1.17. First segment of metatarsus length: 0.60. Metatibial inner/outer spur length: 0.28/0.25. T1 length/width at anterior margin/width at posterior margin: 0.50/0.33/0.35. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.24/0.48. T3 length: 0.19. Ovipositor sheaths length: 1.3.

Biology.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, Guanacaste, ACG (Sector Cacao), 1,460m.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Yeimy Cedeño Solís for her enthusiasm in encouraging her Area de Conservacion Tempisque community to understand and protect the wild nature that occurs in her homeland.