Eulophidae Of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), 4 The Genus Closterocerus Westwood S. Str.
Author
Hansson, Christer
text
Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera
2022
Oxford, England
2022-04-28
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6464278
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.6464279
978-1-7397467-0-4
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Closterocerus pumilus
sp.nov.
(
Figs 147–151
)
Diagnosis.
Antenna flattened, dark brown with F5 pale brown, male F4&5 not flattened, scape widest at apex (
Fig. 149
); flagellomeres with long setae, longer in male (
Figs 147–151
); head strongly transverse in frontal view with frontofacial suture straight (
Fig. 150
); pronotal collar without a carina along anterior margin (
Fig. 147
); midlobe of mesoscutum with two pairs of relatively long and strong setae (
Fig. 147
); fore wing hyaline with a narrow infuscate band below stigmal vein reaching to hind margin (
Figs 148, 149
); length of body female
0.7mm
, male
0.6–0.7mm
. A small, dark brown, non-metallic and predominantly smooth species.
Female
holotype
: length of body
0.7mm
.
Antenna dark brown with F5 pale brown. Head, meso- and metasoma dark brown non metallic. Legs ±infuscate with hind coxa and hind femur darker. Fore wing hyaline with a narrow infuscate band below stigmal vein, band reaching hind margin; hind wing hyaline.
Antenna flattened, flagellomeres with long setae. Frons and vertex with weak reticulation. Frontofacial suture straight. Subtorular sutures present. Occipital margin rounded.
Pronotal collar without a carina along anterior margin. Mesoscutum smooth with anterior and lateral parts with weak reticulation; notauli missing; midlobe with two pairs of setae. Mesoscutellum convex and smooth. Dorsellum convex and smooth. Propodeum smooth, without median carina; callus with two setae. Fore wing speculum closed; without a stigmal hairline and with radial cell hairy.
Petiole transverse and smooth. Gaster ovate; tergites smooth.
Relative measurements: head length dorsal 9.5; head length frontal 11; head width 21.5; POL 4; OOL 3; lateral ocellus maximum width 1.5; eye length 7.5; malar space 3.5; mouth width 5.5; mesosoma length 21; mesosoma width 15; mesoscutellum length 8; mesoscutellum width 9; fore wing length 37; fore wing width 19; marginal vein length 20; postmarginal vein length 1; stigmal vein length 3; fore wing marginal fringe length 8.5; gaster length 25; gaster width 14.
Male (
Figs 148, 149
). Length of body
0.6–0.7mm
. Setae on flagellomeres longer than in female; F4&5 long and narrow, not flattened. Otherwise as in female.
Hosts
. Unknown.
Distribution.
Costa Rica
.
Material examined.
Type material.
Holotype
♀
“
COSTA RICA
:
Puntarenas
,
San Vito
,
Las Cruces
,
8º46’N
,
82º57’W
,
1300m
,
15-16.ii.2006
,
J.S. Noyes
” (
NHMUK
)
.
Paratypes
:
3♂
“
COSTA RICA
:
Alajuela
,
P.N. Arenal
, Send. Pilón,
10º27’N
,
84º43’W
,
26.ii.2003
,
J.S. Noyes
” (
MZLU
,
NHMUK
)
.
Etymology.
From the Latin
pumilus
= dwarfish, little, referring to the small size of this species.