Pseudapanteles josefigueresi Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex & Kula, Robert, 2014, Revision of the genus Pseudapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with emphasis on the species in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, ZooKeys 446, pp. 1-82 : 17

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles josefigueresi Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield sp. n. Figs 70- 73

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. COSTA RICA, ACG, Alajuela Province, Sector San Cristobal, Potrero Argentina, 520m, 10.89021, -85.38803, 16.vi.2007. ACG database code: DHJPAR0025751.

Diagnosis.

It belongs to the annulicornis species-group, and can be separated from other species within that group based on the combination of relatively short ovipositor sheaths (0.7 × as long as metatibia) and T1 shape (T1 length 4.0 × its width at posterior margin).

Description.

Female. Body length 2.0-2.1 mm. Fore wing length 2.2-2.3 mm. Head color: mostly dark brown to black, except for yellow clypeus, labrum, mandibles, and spot on lower corner of gena near oral foramen. Flagellomere color: all flagellomere brown to black. Mesosoma color: entirely dark brown to black. Metasoma color (dorsally): mostly dark brown to black, except for yellow-orange anterior 0.4-0.6 of mediotergite 1. Coxae color: pale/pale/mostly or completely dark. Metatibia color: mostly pale, with posterior 0.1-0.2 dark. Metatarsus color: dark. Pterostigma color: entirely dark. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin 3.6-4.0 ×. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin 2.1-2.2 ×. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 4.0-4.1 ×. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: Mostly with longitudinally striate sculpture (sometimes with small, smooth area centrally). Ovipositor sheaths length: 0.7 × as long as metatibia.

Male. Unknown.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 1, barcode compliant sequences: 1.

Biology/ecology.

Malaise-trapped.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG rain forest.

Etymology.

This species is named in honour of Costa Rica’s former President Jose Maria Figueres in recognition of his steady and imaginative support of ACG foundation, growth and survival through non-damaging biodiversity development, beginning in the late 1980's and continuing to the present day.