Alphomelon sergioriosi 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 sergioriosi Fernandez-Triana & Shimbori sp. nov.

Figs 76A-F , 102B

Type material.

Holotype. Costa Rica • Female, CNC; Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Cuesta Canyon Tigre, 10°49'01.31"N, 85°38'37.18"W, 270m; 31.VII.1992; ex. Calpodes ethlius ; coll. Parataxonomists; Voucher code: DHJPAR0013671; Host voucher code: 92-SRNP-4136.

Paratypes. Costa Rica • 7 females, 1 male, CNC; DHJPAR0013669, DHJPAR0053837, DHJPAR0053814, DHJPAR0053819, DHJPAR0053835, DHJPAR0031007, DHJPAR0013665, DHJPAR0053842.

Other specimens examined.

Mexico • 1 Female, CBG. Voucher code: 07TAPACH-01765 .

Distribution.

Costa Rica (ACG), Mexico.

Biology.

Gregarious, reared from Calpodes ethlius , Enosis angularis , Perichares adela , and Tromba xanthura .

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAD2561.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Sr. Sergio Ríos in honor of his 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: white/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: strongly sculptured on at least apical half or more. T1 central ridge: strongly marked by two raised carinae and strong costulae centrally. T2 sculpture: entirely to mostly strongly sculptured. Ovipositor sheaths length: longer than first segment of metatarsus. Body length: 3.8-4.2 mm. Fore wing length: 4.1-4.2 mm.

Notes.

The specimen from Mexico (having a full barcode) is associated with the species because its sequence matches perfectly with ACG specimens and the image available in BOLD is also similar.

Figures

Figure 76. Alphomelon sergioriosi Fernandez-Triana, Shimbori holotype female DHJPAR 0013671 A habitus, lateral B propodeum and metasoma, dorsal C wings D head, frontal E head and mesosoma, dorsal F antenna, dorsal.

Figure 102. Parasite cocoons A Alphomelon ricardocaleroi 15 - SRNP- 55879 - DHJ 492398 B Alphomelon sergioriosi 08 - SRNP- 32245 - DHJ 462411.