Review of Apantelessensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to all described species from Mesoamerica
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Fernandez-Triana, Jose L.
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Whitfield, James B.
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Rodriguez, Josephine J.
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Smith, M. Alex
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Janzen, Daniel H.
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Hallwachs, Winnie D.
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Hajibabaei, Mehrdad
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Burns, John M.
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Solis, M. Alma
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Brown, John
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Cardinal, Sophie
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Goulet, Henri
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Hebert, Paul D. N.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.383.6418
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.383.6418
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Apanteles milenagutierrezae
Fernandez-Triana
sp. n.
Figs 116, 282
Type locality.
COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Pitilla, Pasmompa, 440m, 11.01926, -85.40997.
Holotype.
♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. Voucher: D.H.Janzen & W.Hallwachs, DB: http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu, Area de
Conservacion
Guanacaste, COSTA RICA, 10-SRNP-30844. 2. DHJPAR0039048.
Paratypes.
13 ♀, 1#M (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0039040, DHJPAR0039042, DHJPAR0039044, DHJPAR0039050, DHJPAR0039053, DHJPAR0039060, DHJPAR0039068, DHJPAR0039087, DHJPAR0039088, DHJPAR0039093, DHJPAR0039096, DHJPAR0039103, DHJPAR0039113, DHJPAR0039735.
Description.
Female. Body color: head dark, mesosoma dark with parts of axillar complex pale, metasoma with some mediotergites, most laterotergites, sternites, and/or hypopygium pale. Antenna color: scape, pedicel, and flagellum dark. Coxae color (pro-, meso-, metacoxa): pale, pale, pale. Femora color (pro-, meso-, metafemur): pale, pale, mostly dark but with pale spot
antero-ventrally
. Tibiae color (pro-, meso-, metatibia): pale, pale, anteriorly pale/posteriorly 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 shorter than body (head to apex of metasoma), not extending beyond anterior 0.7 metasoma length. Body in lateral view: not distinctly flattened
dorso-ventrally
. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 3.5-3.6 mm,
3.7
-3.8 mm, rarely 3.9-4.0 mm. Fore wing length: 3.5-3.6 mm.
Ocular-ocellar
line/posterior ocellus diameter: 2.3-2.5. Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 2.0-2.2. Antennal flagellomerus 2 length/width: 2.3-2.5. Antennal flagellomerus 14 length/width: 1.4-1.6. Length of flagellomerus 2/length of flagellomerus 14: 2.0-2.2. Tarsal claws: with single basal
spine-like
seta. Metafemur length/width: 3.0-3.1. Metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length: 0.4-0.5. Anteromesoscutum: mostly with deep, dense punctures (separated by less than 2.0
x
its maximum diameter). Mesoscutellar disc: mostly punctured. Number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus: 7 or 8. Maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum: 0.2-0.3. Propodeum areola: completely defined by carinae, including transverse carina extending to spiracle. Propodeum background sculpture: mostly sculptured. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.6-2.8. Mediotergite 1 shape: slightly widening from anterior margin to 0.7-0.8 mediotergite length (where maximum width is reached), then narrowing towards posterior margin. Mediotergite 1 sculpture: mostly sculptured, excavated area centrally with transverse striation inside and/or a polished knob centrally on posterior margin of mediotergite. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 2.8-3.1. 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: anterior width at most 2.0
x
posterior width (beyond ovipositor constriction). Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length: 0.8-0.9. Length of fore wing veins r/2RS: 1.4-1.6. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 1.1-1.3. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 0.7-0.8. Pterostigma length/width: 3.1-3.5. Point of insertion of vein r in pterostigma: about half way point length of pterostigma. Angle of vein r with fore wing anterior margin: clearly outwards, inclined towards fore wing apex. Shape of junction of veins r and 2RS in fore wing: distinctly but not strongly angled.
Male. Darker coloration, especially all tergites and metacoxa (which is dark brown).
Molecular data.
Sequences in BOLD: 21, barcode compliant sequences: 21.
Biology/ecology.
Solitary (Fig. 282). Hosts:
Crambidae
, an undescribed species of
Spilomelinae
with interim name "spiloBioLep01 BioLep577".
Distribution.
Costa Rica, ACG.
Etymology.
We dedicate this species to Milena
Gutierrez
in recognition of her diligent efforts for the ACG Programa Forestal and Restoracion.