Heterospilus zapotec 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 : 300-301

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.347.6002

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:52232D18-DD78-4A84-882C-ACA428B4A9D2

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D5EA2F85-B626-4437-BD3B-3FF0B98B7947

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Heterospilus zapotec Marsh
status

sp. n.

Heterospilus zapotec Marsh sp. n. Figure 204

Female.

Body size: 3.5-4.0 mm. Color: body dark brown, metasomal terga 5-7 yellow; scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown with apical white annulus, apical 5-7 flagellomeres brown; wing veins including stigma brown; legs yellow. Head: vertex granulate; frons granulate; face granulate; temple in dorsal view narrow and sloping behind eye width 1/2 eye width; malar space equal to 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance about 2.5 times diameter of lateral ocellus; 25-27 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes granulate; notauli scrobiculate, meeting at scutellum in triangle costate area; scutellum weakly granulate or smooth; prescutellar furrow with 3-5 cross carinae; mesopleuron granulate; precoxal sulcus smooth, shorter than mesopleuron; venter weakly granulate or smooth; propodeum with basal median areas weakly but distinctly margined, granular or rugose, basal median carina absent, areola not margined, areolar area areolate-rugose, lateral areas entirely rugose. Wings: fore wing vein r shorter than vein 3RSa, vein 1cu-a beyond vein 1M; hind wing vein SC+R present, vein M+CU shorter than vein 1M. Metasoma: first tergum longitudinal costate, length greater than apical width; second tergum longitudinally costate; anterior transverse groove present, straight; posterior transverse groove present; third tergum costate basally, weakly granulate or smooth apically; terga 4-7 weakly granulate or smooth; ovipositor about 3/4 length of metasoma.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, printed) - Costa Rica: Puntarenas, ACO [;] Golfito, R.F. Golfo Dulce [;] Est. Agujas, 250-350m [;] 15. vi– 15.vii.1999, J. Azofeifa [;] L.S. 276750-526550 #52838 [;] Malaise trap; second label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] zapotec [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Limon [;] P.N. Tortuguero [;] Est. 4-esquinas, 0m [;] iv-v.1989, J. Solano (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA, Heredia [;] Chilamate, 75m [;] 25/III/1989 [;] col. Hanson & Godoy (ESUW). 1 ♀, Sirena, Osa Pen. [;] VII 77 Cos.Rica [;] D.H. Janzen (AEIC). 1 ♀, S.RosaPark, Guan. [;] C. Rica 4 Nov 77 [;] D,H. Janzen [;] Dry Hill (AEIC). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA, San Jose [;] Zurqui de Moravia [;] 1600m, 24-XII 1988 [;] Col. P. Hanson (MICR).

Comments.

This species is similar to Heterospilus carolinae but is distinguished by the yellow apical metasomal terga.

Etymology.

Named for the Zapotec, an indigenous people of Mexico.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Heterospilus