Heterospilus azofeifai Marsh

Marsh, Paul M., Wild, Alexander L. & Whitfield, James B., 2013, The Doryctinae (Braconidae) of Costa Rica: genera and species of the tribe Heterospilini, ZooKeys 347, pp. 1-474 : 37-38

Heterospilus azofeifai Marsh sp. n. Figure 17

Female.

Body size: 4.5 mm. Color: head honey yellow; scape light brown without distinct lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown (broken); mesosoma honey yellow, pronotum, mesopleuron dorsally and propodeum laterally brown; metasoma honey yellow, terga 1-2 brown laterally, terga 6-7 brown; legs yellow, base of hind tibia brown; wing veins including stigma brown. Head: vertex transversely striate; frons transversely striate; face weakly granulate; temple in dorsal view narrow and sloping behind eye, less than 1/2 eye width; malar space greater than 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance about 1.5 times diameter of lateral ocellus;? flagellomeres (broken). Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes granulate; notauli scrobiculate, meeting at scutellum in triangular rugose area; scutellum weakly granulate; prescutellar furrow with 1 distinct median cross carinae and 2 lateral weak carinae; mesopleuron smooth; precoxal sulcus weakly scrobiculate, shorter than mesopleuron; venter smooth; propodeum with basal median areas distinctly margined, smooth, basal median carina present, areola not distinctly margined, areolar area rugose, lateral areas rugose posteriorly, smooth or granulate anteriorly. Wings: fore wing vein r shorter than vein 3RSa, vein 1cu-a beyond vein 1M; hind wing vein SC+R present, vein M+CU shorter than vein 1M. Metasoma: first tergum costate, longer than apical width; second tergum costate, narrow with width about 4 times length; anterior transverse groove present, sinuate; posterior transverse groove absent; third tergum costate at base, granulate apically; terga 4-7 granulate; ovipositor longer than metasoma.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, printed) - Costa Rica: Puntarenas [;] ACO, Golfito, RF Golfo Dulce [;] Est. Agujas, 250-300m [;] 3-24.vi.1999. J. Azofeifa [;] L.S. 276750-526550 #52840 [;] Red de Golpe; second label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] azofeifai [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

Known only from the holotype.

Comments.

This species is distinguished by the long ovipositor, yellow body and granulate apical metasomal terga.

Etymology.

Named for the collector of the holotype, J. Azofeifa.