Tashtego janzeni, 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 : 46

TASHTEGO JANZENI WAHL & SIME , SP. N.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other members of the Trogus subgroup by the characters given above in the generic description of Tashtego . Female. Structure. As in generic description. Colour. Overall colour light yellowish brown, with metapleuron and metasoma shading to whitish yellow. Following areas black/fuscous: head except for yellow of gena adjacent to mandibular base, basal 0.5 of mandible, maxillus, and labium; median 0.3 of lateral area of pronotum; mesoscutum, ranging from basal 0.3 of median lobe to entire structure except for small squarish area at apex and small patches adjacent to tegula; mesopleuron, ranging from only hypoepimeron and areas below subalar ridge to dorsal 0.3; basal 0.7 of scutellum; metanotum except for median convexity (it can also be entirely yellowish brown); metapostnotum; fore and middle legs: apical 0.7 of posterior surface of femur, posterior surface of tibia, and tarsus; hind leg: apical 0.4 of femur, tibia, and tarsus; T5-7; S5-6. Wings uniformly light fuscous.

Length. 12.2–13.4 mm (13.0 mm); fore wing 10.7–11.8 mm (11.8).

Male. Structure. As in female. Colour. Similar to female except for greater extent of mesosomal black/fuscous markings in some specimens: pronotum with median 0.3 and dorsal 0.5 of lateral area, dorsal 0.3 of mesopleuron, scutellum, metanotum (except for central convexity), metapostnotum, and propodeum (excluding metapleuron). Length. 10.9–12.6 mm; fore wing 9.5–11.5 mm.

Type material. Holotype ♀, COSTA RICA: Cartago, Area de Conservación Amistad, Parque Nacional Amistad, Quebrada Segunda , Lambert coord. 194000–559800, 1150 m, vi.1994, ‘ INBIO CRI001907226 ’ ( Mora ) [ INBC]. Condition of holotype: intact . Paratypes: COSTA RICA: 1 ♂, same data as holotype except collected vii.1994, ‘ INBIO CRI001885494 ’ [ INBC] ; 1 ♀, Cartago, Parque Nacional Tapanti , Quebrada Segunda, Lambert coord. 194000–560000, 1250 m, iv.1992, ‘ INBIO CRI000459497 ’ (Vargas) [AEIC]; 1 ♀, Cartago, Parque Nacional Tapanti , Quebrada Segunda, Lambert coord. 194000–560000, 1150 m, v.1994, ‘ INBIO CRI001819956 ’ (Vargas) [INBC]; 1 ♂, Puntarenas, Area de Conservación Amistad , Buenos Aires, Estación Altamira, Lambert coord. 331700–572100, 1500 m, 30.viii.1992, ‘ INBIO CRI001 977521’ (Delgado) [ INBC] ; 1 ♂, Puntarenas, Estación Pittier, Lambert coord. 330900–577400, 1670 m, 26.i.1995, ‘ INBIO CRI002209324 ’ ( Chinchilla ) [AEIC]; 1 ♀, Puntarenas, Coto Brus , Estación Las Alturas, Lambert coord. 322500–591300, 1500 m, xi.1991, ‘ INBIO CRI000400402 ’ (Zumbado) [INBC]; 1 ♀, Puntarenas, Monteverde, San Luis , Lambert coord. 250850–449250, 1040 m, viii.1992, ‘ INBIO CRI000754704 ’ ( Fuentes ) [AEIC]. ECUADOR: 1 ♀, ‘ Orte. ’ (possibly Ortega = Hacienda Quillán , 1°14¢S, 78°32¢W), ‘ Rio Zuñag’ ( Rio Zuñac , 1°25¢S, 78°11¢W), 9.x.1968 ( Peña ) [ AEIC] .

Etymology. It is a great pleasure to name this species after Daniel Janzen, in honor of a lifetime of research on the Neotropical biota.