Pseudapanteles alvaroumanai Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex & Kula, Robert, 2014, Revision of the genus Pseudapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with emphasis on the species in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, ZooKeys 446, pp. 1-82 : 13

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles alvaroumanai Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield sp. n. Figs 14- 18

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. COSTA RICA, ACG, Guanacaste Province, Sector Cacao, Sendero Arenales, 1080m, 10.92471, -85.46738, 18.xii.2008. ACG database code: DHJPAR0031316.

Paratypes.

16 ♂ (CNC, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0013423, DHJPAR0013648, DHJPAR0013654, DHJPAR0026205, DHJPAR0026226, DHJPAR0031220, DHJPAR0033731, DHJPAR0033732, DHJPAR0033734, DHJPAR0033742, DHJPAR0033748, DHJPAR0033768, DHJPAR0033896, DHJPAR0033902, DHJPAR0033903, DHJPAR0033906.

Diagnosis.

It belongs to the annulicornis species-group, and can be separated from other species within that group based on the combination of flagellomeres brown, coloration of mesosoma (propleuron, pronotum partially, small spot on upper corner of mesopleuron, and small marks centrally on anteromesoscutum orange-yellow, rest dark brown), and metacoxa brown.

Description.

Female. Body length 2.0-2.1 mm. Fore wing length 2.2-2.3 mm. Head color: mostly dark brown to black; except for orange on most of frons and face, and yellow clypeus, labrum, mandibles, and spot on lower corner of gena near oral foramen. Flagellomere color: all flagellomere brown to black. Mesosoma color: mostly dark brown to black, with pronotum, propleura, anteromesoscutum, spot on mesopleura, and scutellar disc at least partially orange. Metasoma color (dorsally): mostly dark brown to black, except for yellow-orange anterior 0.4-0.6 of mediotergite 1. Coxae color: pale/pale/mostly or completely dark. Metatibia color: mostly pale, with posterior 0.1-0.2 dark. Metatarsus color: pale. Pterostigma color: mostly dark, but with anterior pale spot. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin 3.6-4.0 ×. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin 2.5-2.6 ×. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 3.6-3.7 ×. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: Mostly with longitudinally striate sculpture (sometimes with small, smooth area centrally). Ovipositor sheaths length: 1.0 × as long as metatibia.

Male. As female, but with coloration of some specimens slightly darker.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 26, barcode compliant sequences: 26.

Biology/ecology.

Malaise-trapped.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG cloud forest, dry forest and rain forest.

Etymology.

This species is named in honour of Dr. Alvaro Umaña in recognition of his untiring efforts on behalf of ACG from its initiation in 1985-86 to the present day, and from being then Costa Rica’s first Minister of the Environment (MINAE) to today’s global advocate for ACG as an example of conservation through biodiversity development.