Apanteles mariachavarriae Fernandez-Triana

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Whitfield, James B., Rodriguez, Josephine J., Smith, M. Alex, Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie D., Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Burns, John M., Solis, M. Alma, Brown, John, Cardinal, Sophie, Goulet, Henri & Hebert, Paul D. N., 2014, Review of Apantelessensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to all described species from Mesoamerica, ZooKeys 383, pp. 1-565 : 226-227

Apanteles mariachavarriae Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Figs 165, 320

Apanteles Rodriguez29 ( Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the authors.

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Santa Rosa, Vado Rio Calera, 10m, 10.80274, -85.67423.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0005295. 2. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste: Sector Santa Rosa: Vado Rio Calera, 07/09/1997: Harry Ramirez. 3. 97-SRNP-3256, Urbanus same as 97-3251, Poaceae sp. 13516.

Paratypes.

27 ♀, 10 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0001674, DHJPAR0001680, DHJPAR0005295, DHJPAR0013679, 97-SRNP-3252, 01-SRNP-17370.

Description.

Female. Metatibia color (outer face): with extended pale coloration (light yellow to orange–yellow), ranging from 0.4 to almost entire metatibia length. Fore wing veins color: veins C+Sc+R and R1 with brown coloration restricted narrowly to borders, interior area of those veins and pterostigma (and sometimes veins r, 2RS and 2M) transparent or white; other veins mostly transparent. Antenna length/body length: antenna about as long as body (head to apex of metasoma); if slightly shorter, at least extending beyond anterior 0.7 metasoma length. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.3-2.4 mm or 2.5-2.6 mm. Fore wing length: 2.5-2.6 mm. Metafemur length/width: 2.8-2.9, 3.0-3.1, 3.2-3.3, rarely 3.4-3.5. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.1-2.2. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin: 1.4-1.5. Ovipositor sheaths length/metafemur length: 0.7 or 0.8. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 0.6 or 0.7.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 7, barcode compliant sequences: 5.

Biology/ecology.

Gregarious (Fig. 320). Host: Hesperiidae , Urbanus teleus .

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Maria Marta Chavarria in recognition of her diligent efforts for the ACG Programa de Parataxónomos, Programa Marino, and Programa de Biosensibilizacion, and for INBio, Costa Rica’s Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad.