Alphomelon bromeliphile Deans, 2003

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Shimbori, Eduardo M., Whitfield, James B., Penteado-Dias, Angelica M., Shaw, Scott R., Boudreault, Caroline, Sones, Jayme, Perez, Kate, Brown, Allison, Manjunath, Ramya, Burns, John M., Hebert, P. D. N., Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnifred & Janzen, Daniel H., 2023, A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Alphomelon Mason with the description of 30 new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), ZooKeys 1175, pp. 5-162 : 5

Alphomelon bromeliphile Deans, 2003

Figs 12A-E , 13A-F , 14A-C , 92B

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG), Mexico.

Biology.

Gregarious, reared from Neoxeniades luda .

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAB5598.

Other specimens examined.

(14 females, 7 males, 2 sex unknown). DHJPAR0051200, CNC1802037, CNC1802038, CNC1802039, CNC1802040, CNC1802041, CNC1802042, CNC1802043, DHJPAR0031621, DHJPAR0031657, DHJPAR0031669, DHJPAR0003979 (additional specimens in a gel capsule associated with that specimen), CNC1802044, CNC1802045, CNC1802046, CNCHYM 00011, CNC704663, CNC704660, CNC704662, CNC704661, CNC704659, CNC704658, CNC280514.

Figures

Figure 12. Alphomelon bromeliphile Deans female CNC 704660 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C fore wing D head and mesosoma, dorsal E propodeum and metasoma, dorsal.

Figure 13. Alphomelon bromeliphile Deans female CNC 1802037 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C head, lateral D wings E Propodeum and metasoma, dorsal F mesosoma, dorsal.

Figure 14. Alphomelon bromeliphile Deans holotype female USNMENT 00828296 A habitus, lateral B close-up of habitus, lateral C habitus, dorsal.

Figure 92. Parasite cocoons A Alphomelon arecaphile 16 - SRNP- 70716 - DHJ 732874 B Alphomelon bromeliphile 06 - SRNP- 60114 - DHJ 419211.