Apanteles juliodiazi 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 : 193-194

Apanteles juliodiazi Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Fig. 135

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Cacao, Sendero Cima, 1460m, 10.93328, -85.45729.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Cacao, Sendero Cima, 08.ix.1999, 1460m, 10.93328, -85.45729, DHJPAR0012515.

Paratypes.

1 ♀, 2 ♂ (CNC). COSTA RICA: ACG database codes: DHJPAR0012518, DHJPAR0013098, DHJPAR0013099.

Description.

Female. Body color: head pale, mesosoma extensively pale (anteromesoscutum and scutellar disc). Antenna color: scape and/or pedicel pale, flagellum dark. Coxae color (pro-, meso-, metacoxa): pale, pale, partially pale/partially dark. Femora color (pro-, meso-, metafemur): pale, pale, pale. Tibiae color (pro-, meso-, metatibia): pale, pale, pale with anterior 0.1 and posterior 0.2 dark. Tegula and humeral complex color: both pale. Pterostigma color: dark. Fore wing veins color: mostly dark (a few veins may be unpigmented). 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 in lateral view: not distinctly flattened dorso–ventrally. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 3.7-3.8 mm. Fore wing length: 4.0 mm or more. Ocular–ocellar line/posterior ocellus diameter: 2.0-2.2. Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 2.0-2.2. Antennal flagellomerus 2 length/width: 2.9-3.1. Antennal flagellomerus 14 length/width: 1.4-1.6. Length of flagellomerus 2/length of flagellomerus 14: 2.3-2.5. Tarsal claws: pectinate. Metafemur length/width: 3.2-3.3. Metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length: 0.4-0.5. Anteromesoscutum: mostly with shallow, dense punctures (separated by less than 2.0 × its maximum diameter). Mesoscutellar disc: mostly smooth. Number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus: scutoscutellar sulcus almost obliterated, with less than 4 small impressions. Maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum: 0.4-0.5. Propodeum areola: completely defined by carinae, but only partial or absent transverse carina. Propodeum background sculpture: mostly smooth except around the areola. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.9-3.1. Mediotergite 1 shape: mostly parallel–sided for 0.5-0.7 of its length, then narrowing posteriorly so mediotergite anterior width>1.1 × posterior width. Mediotergite 1 sculpture: mostly smooth. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 4.0-4.3. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: mostly smooth. Outer margin of hypopygium: with a wide, medially folded, transparent, semi–desclerotized area; usually with 4 or more pleats. Ovipositor thickness: about same width throughout its length. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length: 0.8-0.9. Length of fore wing veins r/2RS: 2.0-2.2. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 0.9-1.0. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 0.7-0.8. Pterostigma length/width: 3.6 or more. Point of insertion of vein r in pterostigma: about half way point length of pterostigma. Angle of vein r with fore wing anterior margin: more or less perpendicular to fore wing margin. Shape of junction of veins r and 2RS in fore wing: distinctly but not strongly angled.

Male. Like female, but mediotergite 1 is darker, with brown spots on anterior and posterior margins, in one specimen almost the whole mediotergite is dark brown, with just a small central area which is whitish.

Molecular data.

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

Biology/ecology.

Malaise-trapped.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Comments.

This species is characterized by its orange head and mesosternum, scutello-scutellar sulcus almost obliterated, head in frontal view rather elongate, tarsal claws pectinated, and propodeal areola open basally and without transverse carinae.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Julio Diaz in recognition of his diligent efforts for the ACG Programa de Seguridad y Prevencion de Incendios.