Euplectrus charlesporteri Hansson

Hansson, Christer, Smith, M. Alex, Janzen, Daniel H. & Hallwachs, Winnie, 2015, Integrative taxonomy of New World Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with focus on 55 new species from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, ZooKeys 485, pp. 1-236 : 32-33

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Eulophidae

Euplectrus charlesporteri Hansson sp. n. Figures 77-80, 84-86, 744

Material.

Holotype a female labeled "COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Horizones, 14.x.1997, gusaneros, ex Diastema tigris eating Lantana camara , no barcode, 97-SRNP-9717" (BMNH). PARATYPES: 3♀ with same label data as holotype (BMNH, INBio).

Diagnosis.

Lower face yellowish-white with median part yellowish-brown, leaving a black area close to eye as wide as shortest diameter of torulus (Fig. 78); vertex dark reddish-brown; legs yellowish-brown, fore and mid coxae yellowish-white (Fig. 77); petiole 1.0 × as long as wide; gaster with anterior ½ yellowish-white and posterior ½ yellowish-brown, with dark brown lateral margins throughout (Fig. 79).

Description.

Female. Length of body 2.5 mm. Antenna with scape white with apical ½ yellowish-brown, pedicel yellowish-brown, flagellomeres pale brown (Fig. 80). Mandibles and palpi white. Head black and shiny, lower face yellowish-white with median part yellowish-brown, leaving a black area close to eye as wide as shortest diameter of torulus (Fig. 78); vertex dark reddish-brown outside ocellar triangle, black inside ocellar triangle. Frons close to eyes with two rows of setae (Fig. 84). Vertex smooth outside ocellar triangle, with very weak reticulation inside ocellar triangle (Fig. 82). Occipital margin with a carina (Fig. 82).

Mesosoma black and shiny (Fig. 77). Each sidelobe of mesoscutum with 15 setae. Scutellum 1.0 × as long as wide; with rather strong engraved reticulation with elongate meshes (Fig. 86). Dorsellum anteriorly with a wide groove that is divided by longitudinal carinae (Fig. 744), groove medially 0.5 × as long as length of dorsellum. Propodeum smooth (Fig. 744); anteromedially with a semicircular cup; propodeal callus with 11 setae. Legs yellowish-brown, fore and mid coxae yellowish-white (Fig. 77). Fore wing: costal cell on ventral surface with two rows of setae in basal ½ and one row in distal ½, and margin with three setae close to marginal vein; with 15 admarginal setae, in one row.

Gaster with anterior ½ yellowish-white and posterior ½ yellowish-brown, with dark brown lateral margins throughout (Fig. 79).

Ratios. HE/MS/WM = 2.0/1.0/1.5; POL/OOL/POO = 4.8/2.8/1.0; OOL/DO = 1.6; WE/WF/WH/HH = 1.0/2.4/4.5/3.3; WH/WT = 1.1; PM/ST = 1.6; TS1/TS2/LT/LT1/LT2/LT3/LT4 = 3.4/2.0/6.4/2.3/1.4/1.0/1.1; LP/WP = 1.0; MM/LG = 1.1.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts and biology.

Feeding on last instar larva of Diastema tigris ( Noctuidae ) feeding on Lantana camara ( Verbenaceae ), parasitoid cocoons stuck to dead larva and substrate.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (Guanacaste Province).

Etymology.

This species is named after Charles C. Porter, in recognition of his contribution to the understanding of ACG Hymenoptera taxonomy.