Inti (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) a peculiar new genus from tropical America
Author
Hansson, Christer
text
Zootaxa
2010
2729
58
64
journal article
46899
10.5281/zenodo.276547
30f81899-eaf5-4e2a-bcd7-589a1000655b
1175-5326
276547
Inti levis
sp. nov.
(
Figs 1–10
)
Diagnosis
. See diagnostic characters for genus above.
Description.
FEMALE. Length 1.3–1.5 mm. Antenna black with purple tinges. Frons and vertex (
Figs 8, 9
) black with metallic purple, blue and green tinges. Mesoscutum, scutellum and propodeum (
Figs 8, 10
) black to dark brown with metallic tinges. Coxae, femora and tibiae black with metallic tinges, tarsomeres 1–3 yellowishwhite, tarsomere 4 black. Forewing hyaline with a fuscous band medially, reaching from fore margin to hind margin of wing (
Fig. 1
), hind wing hyaline. Petiole black with metallic tinges. Gaster black to brown with metallic purple and blue tinges, 6th tergite metallic blue.
FIGURE 1.
Inti levis
sp. nov.
, female holotype, body length 1.5 mm.
For remaining description see the above description for the genus.
Ratios
. HE/MS/MO = 3.1/1.0/1.8; POL/OOL/POO = 34.0/13.0/1.0; WH/WT = 1.1; LW/LM/HW = 2.0/1.0/ 1.3; PM/ST = 0.3; MM/LG = 1.0.
MALE. Unknown.
Material examined.
Holotype
female (
BMNH
) labelled “
COSTA RICA
, Cartago, Humo, El Copál,
9°47′N
83°45′W
,
1050-1250 m
,
29.ii-6.iii.2008
, C. Hansson”.
Paratypes
: 2Ƥ on cards.
COSTA RICA
.
Limón
: Pococi, Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo, Estacion Quebrada Gonzales,
4-500 m
,
23-30.iii.2002
, LN238380/543100, P. Hanson & C. Godoy (1Ƥ,
INBio
).
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
. Barahona,
4 km
N. Paraiso,
22.iii.
1991
, 150 m, L. Masner” (1Ƥ,
CNC
).
Etymology
. Name referring to the smooth and shiny body, from the Latin
levis
= smooth.
Distribution.
Northern Neotropical region (
Costa Rica
,
Dominican Republic
).
Biology
. Unknown.