Heterospilus cangrejaensis 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 : 213-214

Heterospilus cangrejaensis Marsh sp. n. Figure 144

Female.

Body size: 3.0-4.0 mm. Color: head dark brown, scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown with white annulus near tip but apical 3-5 flagellomere brown; mesosoma dark brown, mesoscutal lobes, propleuron and venter usually lighter brown; metasomal terga dark brown, apical terga usually yellow; wing veins including stigma brown; legs yellow. Head: vertex granulate; frons weakly granulate or smooth; face weakly granulate or smooth; temple in dorsal view broad but not bulging behind eye, width equal to 1/2 eye width; malar space greater than 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance at least 2.5 times diameter of lateral ocellus; 20-24 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes granulate; notauli scrobiculate, meeting at scutellum in triangular rugose area; scutellum granulate; prescutellar furrow with 3 cross carinae; mesopleuron granulate; precoxal sulcus weakly scrobiculate, shorter than mesopleuron; venter granulate; propodeum with basal median areas margined, granulate, basal median carina present, areola not distinctly margined, areolar area rugose, lateral areas rugose posteriorly, granulate anteriorly. Wings: fore wing vein r shorter than vein 3RSa, vein 1cu-a beyond vein 1M; hind wing vein SC+R present, vein M+CU about equal to vein 1M. Metasoma: first tergum longitudinally costate, length greater than apical width; second tergum longitudinally costate; anterior transverse groove present, straight; posterior transverse groove present; third tergum costate basally, smooth apically; terga 4-7 smooth; ovipositor as long as metasomal tergum 1.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, printed) - Costa Rica, Cart[h]ago Pr. [;] La Cangreja, 1950m [;] 1991:x, P Hanson; second label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] cangrejaensis [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

11 ♀♀, same data as holotype with additional dates of xi.1991, vii.1991, ix–xii.1992 (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Limon [;] 16km W. Guapiles [;] 400m, May 1989 [;] Coll. P. Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, top label - COSTA RICA, Heredia [;] Est. Biol. La Selva, 50- [;] 150m, 10°26'N, 84°01'W [;] Mar 1993, INBio-OET; second label - 02 Marzo 1993 [;] Bosque Primario [;] M/04/019; third label - INBio bar code (ESUW).

Comments.

The lighter colored mesoscutum is distinctive for this species.

Etymology.

The specific name is from the locality, La Cangreja in Cartago Province, where most of the type series was collected.