Apanteles duvalierbricenoi 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 : 119-120

Apanteles duvalierbricenoi Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Fig. 177

Apanteles Rodriguez165 ( Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the authors.

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Santa Rosa, Cafetal, 280m, 10.85827, -85.61089.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0005228. 2. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste: Area de Conservación Guanacaste: Santa Rosa: Cafetal, 07/23/1992, gusaneros. 3. 92-SRNP-3782, Urbanus dorantes, Desmodium distortum.

Paratypes.

6 ♀, 2 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: 92-SRNP-3775, 92-SRNP-3792, 95-SRNP-20.

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 shorter than body (head to apex of metasoma), not 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: 3.0-3.1 or 3.2-3.3. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.7-2.8. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin: 1.6-1.7. Ovipositor sheaths length/metafemur length: 0.8 or 0.9. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 0.7 or 0.8.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 7, barcode compliant sequences: 0.

Biology/ecology.

Gregarious. Host: Hesperiidae , Urbanus dorantes .

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Duvalier Briceño in recognition of his diligent efforts for the ACG Parataxonomist Program and Estación Biológica Brasilia of ACG.