Heterospilus ugaldei 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 : 291-292

Heterospilus ugaldei Marsh sp. n. Figure 198

Female.

Body size: 3.0-3.5 mm. Color: head yellow, sometimes darker along occipital carina; scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown with apical white annulus, apical 3-5 flagellomeres brown; mesosoma dark brown, propodeum occasionally lighter brown; metasomal terga dark brown entirely or terga 1, 2 and 4-7 lighter brown; wing veins brown, stigma bicolored brown with yellow at base; legs yellow. Head: vertex granulate, often with transverse rugae behind ocelli; frons granulate-striate; face granulate-rugose; temple in dorsal view narrow, sloping behind eye, width less than 1/2 eye width; malar space greater than 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance about twice diameter of lateral ocellus; 23-25 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes granulate; notauli scrobiculate, meeting at scutellum in triangular costate area; scutellum granulate; prescutellar furrow with 3-5 cross carinae; mesopleuron granulate; precoxal sulcus scrobiculate, shorter than mesopleuron; venter granulate; propodeum with basal median areas margined, granulate, basal median carina absent, areola not margined, areolar area rugose, lateral areas rugose with small granulate area anteriorly, propodeum with small but distinct tubercle above hind coxa at base of petiole. Wings: fore wing vein r nearly as long as vein 3RSa, vein 1cu-a beyond vein 1M; hind wing vein SC+R present, vein M+CU shorter than vein 1M. Metasoma: first tergum longitudinally costate, length equal to apical width; second tergum longitudinally costate; anterior transverse groove present, straight; posterior transverse groove present; third tergum costate basally, smooth apically; terga 4-7 smooth; ovipositor as long as metasomal terga 1 and 2 combined.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, partially printed and hand written) - Costa Rica: Guanacaste [;] Santa Rosa National Pk. [;] 300m, Malaise, Ian Gauld [;] 10-31.i.1987; second label (white, partially printed and hand written) - Bosque Humedo [;] Mature dry forest [;] high proportion [;] Evergreen species [;] SUN; third label (white, printed) - BH-9-O [;] 10-31.i.87; fourth label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] ugaldei [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

1 ♀, same data as holotype (ESUW).

Comments.

The yellow head and white annulus on the flagellum are distinctive for this species.

Etymology.

Named for Jesus Ugalde in recognition for his hospitality during my several visits to INBio.