Alphomelon eliethcantillanoae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori, 2023

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 eliethcantillanoae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Fig. 32A-E

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Cano, 10°59'43.44"N, 85°23'59.28"W, 490m; 9.X.2008; ex. Nisoniades castolus ; coll. Ronald Siezar; Voucher code: DHJPAR0031004; Host voucher code: 08-SRNP-72663.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG).

Biology.

Solitary, reared from Nisoniades castolus on Lepidaploa tortuosa ( Asteraceae ).

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAC7653.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sra. Elieth Cantillano in honor of her decades of teamwork in the ACG parataxonomist team.

Diagnostic description.

White patch on gena: extending to occiput but not to clypeus. Tegula/humeral complex color: yellow/yellow. Mesonotum color: mostly dark brown to black. Metasoma color: mostly black or dark brown. Tarsal claws spines: 1. Pterostigma shape: comparatively more elongate, its length ≥ 3.0 × its central height and more triangular with its two lower margins more or less straight. T1 sculpture: entirely to mostly smooth. T1 central ridge: clearly marked by two raised carinae. T2 sculpture: weakly sculptured along margins. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.9 mm. Fore wing length: 4.0 mm.

Figures

Figure 32. Alphomelon eliethcantillanoae Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori holotype female DHJPAR 0031004 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C fore wing D propodeum and metasoma, dorsal E mesosoma, dorsal.