Heterospilus bicolor 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 : 210-211

Heterospilus bicolor Marsh sp. n. Figure 142

Female.

Body size: 3.0-4.0 mm. Color: head dark brown, face honey yellow, malar space and lower temple yellow; scape yellow with lateral longitudinal brown stripe, flagellum brown with white annulus near apex, apical 3-5 flagellomere brown; mesosoma dark brown; metasomal terga 1, 3 and 4 dark brown, tergum 2 yellow medially, brown laterally, terga 5-7 yellow; wing veins brown, stigma brown with yellow at apex; legs yellow. Head: vertex granulate with distinct transverse rugae behind ocellus; frons granulate or granulate-costate; face striate; temple in dorsal view narrow, sloping behind eye, width less than 1/2 eye width; malar space greater than 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance about 2.5 times diameter of lateral ocellus; 23-27 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes granulate; notauli scrobiculate, meeting at scutellum in triangular rugose or costate-rugose area; scutellum granulate; prescutellar furrow usually with 3 cross carinae, rarely with 1 distinct median carina; mesopleuron granulate; precoxal sulcus scrobiculate, shorter than mesopleuron; venter granulate; propodeum with basal median areas margined, granulate, basal median carina present, areola not margined, areolar area rugose, lateral areas rugose apically, granulate basally, propodeum with distinct tubercle above hind coxae. 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 longitudinally costate, length longer than apical width; second tergum longitudinally costate; anterior transverse groove present, straight; posterior transverse groove present; third tergum costate basally, smooth apically; terga 4-7 smooth; ovipositor as long as metasoma.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, printed) - Costa Rica: Prov. Puntarenas [;] ACO, Golfito, PN Corcovado [;] Est. Agujas, Cerro Rincon, 745m [;] 17. iv– 16.v.1999, J. Azofeifa [;] L.S. 276900-521500 #52781; second label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] bicolor [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Puntar. [;] P.N. Corcovado, Est. [;] Sirena, 50m [;] IV-VII 1989 (ESUW). 3 ♀♀, Costa Rica: Alajuela [;] 5km. W San Ramon [;] 1200m, April 1997 [;] O. Castro & P. Hanson (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Puntarenas [;] Res Forestal Golfito Dulce [;] 3km, SW Rincon, 10m [;] ii.1993, P. Hanson [;] Malaise, primary forest (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: Limon [;] P.N. Tortuguero [;] Est. 4-esquinas, 0m [;] VI-VIII 1989, Solano (ESUW).

Comments.

The bicolored brown and yellow body and costate-granulate vertex are distinctive for the species

Etymology.

The specific name is in reference to the bicolored antennae, head, metasomal terga and stigma.