Euplectrus victoriapookae Hansson

Hansson, Christer, Smith, M. Alex, Janzen, Daniel H. & Hallwachs, Winnie, 2015, Integrative taxonomy of New World Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with focus on 55 new species from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, ZooKeys 485, pp. 1-236 : 82-83

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Eulophidae

Euplectrus victoriapookae Hansson sp. n. Figures 572-578, 590-592, 785

Material.

Holotype a female labeled "COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa, 5.viii.2005, P. Rios, ex Cyclophora Janzen14 eating Siparuna thecophora , sibling of wasp DHJPAR0028836, 05-SRNP-33114" (BMNH). PARATYPES: 8♀ 3♂: COSTA RICA (ACG): Guanacaste: 4♀ with same label data as holotype (CNC, INBio, USNM); Alajuela: Sector Rincon Rain Forest: Camino Rio Franca, M. Carmona, 30.iv.2007, ex Cyclophora Janzen14 eating Siparuna thecophora , sibling of wasp DHJPAR0028928, 07-SRNP-41115 (2♀ 1♂, in BMNH, INBio); 1♂ from same locality as previous but collected 14.vii.2011 on Cyclophora Janzen14 eating Siparuna thecophora , sibling of wasp DHJPAR0045453, 11-SRNP-80930 (INBio); Jacobo, 25.ix.2012, ex Cyclophora Janzen14 eating Siparuna thecophora , sibling of wasp DHJPAR0050058, 12-SRNP-81575 (2♀ 1♂, in BMNH, MZLU); Sendero Anonas, 2.ix.2013, J. Perez, ex Cyclophora Janzen14 eating Siparuna thecophora , sibling of wasp DHJPAR0053943, 13-SRNP-43435 (2♀, in CNC, USNM).

Diagnosis.

Lower face with median part dark reddish-brown, pale area reaching to level of middle of toruli (Figs 573, 574); fore wing with four setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein and admarginal setae in three rows; legs yellowish-brown (Fig. 572); petiole 1.0 × as long as wide; gaster with anterior ½ yellowish-white with dark brown lateral margins, posterior ½ dark brown (Figs 575, 576); male antenna with scape slightly expanded and widest above the middle, 3.3 × as long as wide (Fig. 578).

Description.

Female. Length of body 2.6 mm. Antenna with scape and pedicel yellowish-brown, flagellomere 1 yellowish-brown with infuscations dorsally, 2 dark brown with base yellowish-brown, 3-6 dark brown (Fig. 577). Mandibles and palpi yellowish-white. Head black and shiny, lower face with median part dark reddish-brown, pale area reaching to level of middle of toruli, with parts between pale area and eyes black (Fig. 573). Frons close to eyes with one row of setae (Fig. 590). Vertex with very weak reticulation (Fig. 591). Occipital margin rounded (Fig. 591).

Mesosoma black and shiny (Fig. 572). Each sidelobe of mesoscutum with 13 setae. Scutellum 0.9 × as long as wide; with very weak engraved reticulation, posterior margin smooth (Fig. 592). Dorsellum anteriorly with a groove that is divided by longitudinal carinae (Fig. 785), groove medially 0.4 × as long as length of dorsellum. Propodeum smooth (Fig. 785); anteromedially with a triangular cup that has posterior part strongly raised; propodeal callus with ten setae. Legs yellowish-brown (Fig. 572). Fore wing: submarginal vein with four setae; costal cell on ventral surface with three rows of setae in basal ½, two rows in apical ½, and margin with eight setae close to marginal vein; with 36 admarginal setae, in three rows.

Gaster with anterior ½ yellowish-white with dark brown lateral margins, posterior ½ dark brown (Fig. 575).

Ratios. HE/MS/WM = 2.2/1.0/1.2; POL/OOL/POO = 6.3/3.3/1.0; OOL/DO = 1.1; WE/WF/WH/HH = 1.0/2.3/4.3/3.0; WH/WT = 1.1; PM/ST = 1.6; TS1/TS2/LT/LT1/LT2/LT3/LT4 = 3.7/2.0/5.5/1.9/1.5/1.0/1.5; LP/WP = 1.0; MM/LG = 0.9.

Male. Length of body 1.6 mm. Scape slightly expanded and widest above the middle (Fig. 578), sensory pores confined to apicoventral ¾, sensory area pale as scape. Otherwise similar to female except shorter gaster.

Ratios. LC/WS = 3.3; MM/LG = 1.3.

Hosts and biology.

Feeding on penultimate instar larva of Cyclophora Janzen14 ( Geometridae ) feeding on Siparuna thecophora ( Siparunaceae ), parasitoid cocoons stuck to dead larva and substrate.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (Alajuela and Guanacaste Provinces).

Etymology.

This species is named after Victoria G. Pook, in recognition of her contribution to the understanding of ACG Hymenoptera taxonomy.

Remarks.

Euplectrus victoriapookae and Euplectrus davesmithi have the same barcode (Fig. 35, Suppl. material 1), but as they are morphologically distinct and their hosts are very different we treat them as separate species.