Dothenia hansoni, 2002

Sime, Karen R. & Wahl, David B., 2002, The cladistics and biology of the Callajoppa genus-group (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134 (1), pp. 1-56 : 24-25

DOTHENIA HANSONI WAHL & SIME , SP. N.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other members of the Callajoppa genus-group by the characters given above in the generic description of Dothenia , and from the other species in the genus by the following combination of characters: fuscous to black overall colour without bluish tint or overtone, dark brown wings, brownish-red annulus of flagellum, concave clypeal apex, strongly convex and shelf-like scutellum (without planar surfaces that form an acute angle), basally convex postpetiole, strongly rugose S1,and divided S2 and entire S3-5.

Female. Structure. Clypeal apex concave. Scutellum strongly convex and shelf-like. Postpetiole of MS1 with basal convexity. First and second lateral areas finely and contiguously punctate, rugae absent. S1 strongly rugose, appearing serrated in lateral view. S2 divided, S3-5 entire. Other characters as in generic description. Colour. Uniformly fuscous to black. Clypeus, paraocular area to level of antennal socket, and basal 0.8 of mandible, varying independently from fuscous to deep brownish red. Flagellomeres 9–21 of antenna brownish-red. Wings uniformly dark brown. Length. 24.4–27.1 mm (27.1 mm); fore wing 21.3–23.7 mm (21.3 mm).

Male. Structure. As for female. Colour. Similar to female except that flagellomeres 13–31 are brownish red. Length. 25.6–28.6 mm (28.2 mm); fore wing 21.8 mm- 23.6 mm (22.1 mm).

Type material. Holotype ♀, COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Estación Cacao, Lambert coord. 323150–375650, 1120 m, ex Erinnyis ello (host larva collected 4.ii.1999, wasp emerged from host pupa 29.iii.1999), ‘99-SRNP-107’ (Ramirez) [ AEIC]. Condition of holotype: intact . Paratypes: 2 ♀♀ and 2 ♂♂, same data as preceding except host larvae collected 4.ii.1999 and wasps emerged from host pupae 27.iii-31.iii.1999), ‘99-SRNP-92, 97, 98, and 106’ (Ramirez) [ AEIC, JHIC] ; 1 ♂, same data as preceding except host larva collected 5.ii.1999 and wasp emerged from host pupa on 28.iii.1999, ‘99-SRNP-130’ [ JHIC] ; 2 ♂♂, Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, 17.vii.1978, Dry Hill (Janzen) [ AEIC] ; 1 ♂, Guanacaste: Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Santa Rosa, Bosque San Emilio , Lambert coord. 313800–359800, 300 m, ex Erinnys ello (host larva collected 2.viii.1984, wasp emerged from host pupa 29.viii.1984), ‘84-SRNP-1624’ (Janzen) [ JHIC]

Etymology. Named after Paul Hanson, chalcidologist and indefatigable collector of Costa Rican Hymenoptera .

Comments. The brownish-red colouration of the male flagellum can be quite variable, in terms of presence (can be restricted to flagellomeres 18–25) and extent (ranging from absent to present only on the dorsal surface).