Heterospilus shawi 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 : 158-160

Heterospilus shawi Marsh sp. n. Figures 108, 109

Female.

Body size: 3.5-5.0 mm. Color: head green, vertex often with longitudinal median brown stripe; scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown with white annulus of 5-8 flagellomeres behind apical 3-5 brown flagellomeres; mesosoma green, often with brown longitudinal median stripe from mesoscutum to propodeum; metasoma green, terga 1 and 2 often with brown longitudinal median stripe, terga 3 and 4 usually brown basally and apically, terga 5-7 often brown medially; wing veins including stigma brown; legs green, extreme base of hind tibia (knee) brown. Head: vertex transversely costate; frons transversely costate; face rugose; temple in dorsal view broad, width about 1/2 eye width; malar space greater than 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance 1.5-2.0 times diameter of lateral ocellus; 30-36 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes granulate, often rugose along notauli, median lobe with median longitudinal scrobiculate line; notauli scrobiculate, meeting at scutellum in wide rectangular rugose area; scutellum granulate; prescutellar furrow with 3-5 cross carinae; mesopleuron granulate; precoxal sulcus smooth, shorter than mesopleuron; venter granulate; propodeum with basal median areas not distinctly margined, rugose or rugose-granulate, basal median carina absent, areola not distinctly margined, areolar area rugose, lateral areas entirely rugose. Wings: fore wing vein r shorter than vein 3RSa, vein 1cu-a beyond vein 1M; hind wing vein SC+R present, vein M+CU shorter than vein 1M. Metasoma: first tergum costate-rugose, apical width less than length; second tergum longitudinally costate; anterior transverse groove present, usually straight but often slightly sinuate; posterior transverse groove weak or absent; third tergum costate at base, granulate apically; terga 4-7 granulate; ovipositor longer than metasoma.

Male.

Essentially as in female; 27-28 flagellomeres, white annulus on apical 3-4 flagellomeres behind apical 2 flagellomeres.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, printed) - COSTA RICA-Heredia Prov. [;] La Selva Biological Station [;] 10°26'N, 84°01'W, 100m [;] Canopy fogging 36 [;] 12.xi.1994 [;] Project ALAS (F)T36; second label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] shawi [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

1 ♀, 3 ♂♂, same data as holotype with dates of 10.x.1994, 8.x.1994 and 2.xi.1994. 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Limon [;] Sector Cocori, 100m [;] 30km N Cariari, i.1995 [;] E. Rojas, Malaise, #4526 [;] L.N. 286000-567500 (ESUW). 1 ♀, Monumento Nacional Guayabo, A.C.A.C. [;] Amistad, Prov. Cart. COSTA RICA. 1100 [;] m. Jul 1994, G. Fonseca, LN [;] 217400_570000 #3126 (INBIO). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Puntarenas [;] San Vito, Las Cruces [;] Wilson Botanical Gardens [;] 18-22.iii.1990, 1150m [;] J.S. Noyes (ESUW). 1 ♂, Costa Rica: Puntarenas [;] Golfo Dulce, 24km W. [;] Piedras Blancas, 200m [;] ii.1993, Paul Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Puntarenas [;] Pen. Osa, Rancho Quemado, [;] rio Riyito, 200m, xi-xii. [;] 1990, E. Quiros & P. Hanson, [;] ex. Malaise trap (ESUW). 1 ♀, Est Cacao, 1000-1400m, [;] Lado SO Vol. Cacao, [;] P.N.G., Prov. Guan. [;] COSTA RICA, Tp [;] Malaise, May-Jun 1991 [;] L-N-328800,375700 (INBIO). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA, Prov. Puntarenas, [;] Golfito Estacion Agujas, 300m, 08-22 [;] DIC 2000. J. Azofeifa, Manual [;] L.S._526550_276750 #61873 (INBIO). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Puntarenas [;] Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce [;] 3km SW of Rincon, 10m [;] November 1992, P. Hanson [;] primary forest, Malaise trap (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Puntarenas [;] RF Golfo Dulce, el 200m [;] 24km W Piedras Blancas [;] P. Hanson xii.1992 (TAMU). 2 ♀♀, PANAMA: Bocas del [;] Toro, 2km WSW [;] Chirqui Grande [;] 8°56'45"N, 82°08'13"W [;] 6.viii.1999, J. Woolley (TAMU). 1 ♀, Mexico: Veracruz [;] Los Toxilas, Darwin Trail [;] 120-130', 19 June 1997 [;] JBWoolley, screen sweep (TAMU). 1 ♀, Guyane française, Montagne [;] de Kaw, Relais Patawa, [;] vi.2000 (Malaise) [;] A.E.I.guyane-J.Creda legs (FSAG). 1 ♂, top label - Museum Leiden [;] Canal Zone, 8km NW [;] Gamboa, Pipeline Rd. [;] 9°10'N, 79°45'W.; second label - From Luehea seemannii [;] (Tiliaecae), 4-1 [;] 26.vii.1976 [;] Y.Lubin & G. Montgomery (LEID).

Comments.

The unusual green color to the entire body of this species is distinctive as is the coarse rugose sculpture on the mesoscutum.

Etymology.

This species is named for my long time friend and colleague, Scott Shaw, in appreciation for his many years of support for this project and for the good memories of our two visits to Costa Rica and INBio.