Paraheterospilus 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 : 15-16

Genus Paraheterospilus Marsh gen. n.

Type species.

Paraheterospilus ceciliaensis Marsh, sp. n.

Diagnosis.

Small size, 1.5-2.0 mm; vertex sharply angled dorso-laterally near dorsal eye margin (Fig. 9B); occipital carina meeting hypostomal carina; fore tibia with single row of short spines along anterior edge; hind coxa with small but distinct antero-ventral basal tooth; basal sternal plate of metasomal segment 1 short, less than 1/4 length of tergum, laterope indistinct; fore wing vein r-m present, vein 2RS absent; hind wing vein SC+R absent.

Distribution.

Know only from Costa Rica.

Biology.

Unknown.

Comments.

This genus is very similar to Heterospilus but is distinguished from this and all other Doryctinae genera by the unusual angled dorso-lateral corners of the vertex.

Etymology.

The generic name is from the Greek para, meaning near, in reference to its similarity with the genus Heterospilus . Gender is masculine.

Key to the species of Paraheterospilus in Costa Rica