Apanteles alejandromasisi Fernandez-Triana

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Whitfield, James B., Rodriguez, Josephine J., Smith, M. Alex, Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie D., Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Burns, John M., Solis, M. Alma, Brown, John, Cardinal, Sophie, Goulet, Henri & Hebert, Paul D. N., 2014, Review of Apantelessensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to all described species from Mesoamerica, ZooKeys 383, pp. 1-565 : 74-75

Apanteles alejandromasisi Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Fig. 37

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector El Hacha, Sendero Bejuquilla, 280 m, 11.03004, -85.52699.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0012499. 2. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector El Hacha, Sendero Bejuquilla, 280 meters, 11.03004 Longitude: -85.52699, D.H. Janzen &♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0012499. 2. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector El Hacha, Sendero Bejuquilla, 280 meters, 11.03004 Longitude: -85.52699, D.H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs..

Description.

Female. Body color: head pale, mesosoma extensively pale (anteromesoscutum and scutellar disc). Antenna color: scape and/or pedicel pale, flagellum dark. Coxae color (pro-, meso-, metacoxa): pale, pale, partially pale/partially dark. Femora color (pro-, meso-, metafemur): pale, pale, mostly pale but posterior 0.2 or less dark. Tibiae color (pro-, meso-, metatibia): pale, pale, mostly pale but with posterior 0.2 or less dark. Tegula and humeral complex color: both pale. Pterostigma color: dark. Fore wing veins color: mostly dark (a few veins may be unpigmented). Body in lateral view: not distinctly flattened dorso–ventrally. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 3.1-3.2 mm. Fore wing length: 3.3-3.4 mm. Ocular–ocellar line/posterior ocellus diameter: 2.3-2.5. Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 2.3-2.5. Antennal flagellomerus 2 length/width: 2.6-2.8. Antennal flagellomerus 14 length/width: 1.7-1.9. Length of flagellomerus 2/length of flagellomerus 14: 2.3-2.5. Tarsal claws: with single basal spine–like seta. Metafemur length/width: 2.8-2.9. Anteromesoscutum: mostly with deep, dense punctures (separated by less than 2.0 × its maximum diam eter). Mesoscutellar disc: mostly punctured. Number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus: 5 or 6. Maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum: 0.4-0.5. Propodeum areola: partially defined by carinae on posterior 0.3-0.5 of its length, widely open anteriorly. Propodeum background sculpture: mostly sculptured. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.6-2.8. Mediotergite 1 shape: mostly parallel–sided for 0.5-0.7 of its length, then narrowing posteriorly so mediotergite anterior width>1.1 × posterior width. Mediotergite 1 sculpture: mostly sculptured, excavated area centrally with transverse striation inside and/or a polished knob centrally on posterior margin of mediotergite. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 3.2-3.5. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: with some sculpture, mostly near posterior margin. Outer margin of hypopygium: with a wide, medially folded, transparent, semi–desclerotized area; usually with 4 or more pleats. Ovipositor thickness: anterior width at most 2.0 × posterior width (beyond ovipositor constriction). Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length: 0.8-0.9. Length of fore wing veins r/2RS: 2.3 or more. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 0.9-1.0. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 0.7-0.8. Pterostigma length/width: 2.6-3.0. Point of insertion of vein r in pterostigma: about half way point length of pterostigma. Angle of vein r with fore wing anterior margin: clearly outwards, inclined towards fore wing apex. Shape of junction of veins r and 2RS in fore wing: distinctly but not strongly angled.

Male. Unknown.

Molecular data.

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

Biology/ecology.

Malaise trapped.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Comments.

This species is very distinctive, characterized by head and most of mediotergite 1 orange, mediotergite 3 partially yellow, and mesoscutellar disc mostly punctured.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Alejandro Masis in recognition of his diligent efforts to administrate and protect the entire ACG.