HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), 5 The genus Galeopsomyia Girault by Christer Hansson * & Paul E. Hanson **
Author
Hansson, Christer
Author
Hanson, Paul E.
text
Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera
2023
Oxford, England
2023-09-28
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8372023
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.8372024
978-1-7397467-2-8
2754-9844
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Galeopsomyia perasphondyliae
Hansson
sp.nov.
(
Figs 578, 579
,
992
, 1093)
Diagnosis (female).
Antennal clava solid (Fig. 1093); genal carina strong and long, reaching up to level of middle of eye; mesoscutellum (
Fig. 578
) with strong reticulation on median part and isodiametric meshes, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate, submedian grooves indistinct, straight and diverging towards posterior part; dorsellum without median carina; propodeum (
Fig. 578
) with strong reticulation, callus with ten setae; gaster (
Fig. 578
) elongate, 3.1× as long as wide, medio-basal Gt1 with a strong transverse carina dorsally, Gt1-4 with a smooth median line, tergites with strong reticulation.
Female
holotype
: length of body
2.5mm
(
paratype
2.2mm
). Scape yellowish-white, pedicel and flagellum pale brown (antenna appears bleached by light). Face below level of toruli metallic bluish-purple, clypeus yellowish-brown, frons metallic-bluish-green, antennal scrobes black; vertex black with blue-green tinges. Thoracic dorsum metallic bluish-green. Legs with fore and mid coxae dark brown, hind coxa metallic bluish-green; trochanters yellowish-white; femora with basal half dark brown and apical half yellowish-white; tibiae and tarsi yellowish-white. Gaster with Gt 1 black with blue tinges, remaining tergites black; gonoplac black.
Antenna with solid clava. Face below level of toruli with weak reticulation, clypeus smooth, frons rugose, antennal scrobes with weak reticulation; with genal carina. Vertex with strong reticulation.
Mesoscutum with strong reticulation, meshes isodiametric on sidelobes, elongate on midlobe; midlobe with a very weak median groove in posterior one-third, and with ten scattered adnotaular setae. Mesoscutellum with strong reticulation on median part and isodiametric meshes, lateral parts with strong reticulation, meshes elongate; submedian grooves indistinct, straight and diverging towards posterior part; with three setae scattered over lateral parts. Dorsellum with strong sculpture, without median carina. Propodeum with a strong and wide median carina; with strong reticulation; callus with ten setae. Fore and mid coxae with weak reticulation, hind coxa with strong reticulation. Fore wing with five setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum open below; costal setal row unbroken.
Petiole not visible. Gaster elongate; medio-basal Gt 1 with a strong transverse carina dorsally; tergites with strong reticulation, Gt 1-4 with a smooth median line.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 22; head length, frontal view 41; POL 12; OOL 6; lateral ocellus diameter 4; head width 51; mouth width 15; malar space 16; eye length 21.5; scape length 17; scape width 4.5; pedicel+flagellum length 47; pedicel length 8; pedicel width, dorsal view 4; F1 length 7; F1 width 4.5; F2 length 7; F2 width 4.5; F3 length 6.5; F3 width 5; clava length 16; clava width 6; C3 length 5.5; spicule length 1; mesosoma length 66; mesosoma width 47.5; midlobe of mesoscutum length 23.5; mesoscutellum length 25; mesoscutellum width 24.5; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) 8; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part 7; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part 10; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) 4.5; dorsellum length nm; propodeum length 7; costal cell length 35; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 2.5; marginal vein length 31; stigmal vein length 9; gaster length 110; gaster width 35.5; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 6.5; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 21; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 11; Gt 7 width (measured at base) 11; longest cercal seta length 10; shortest cercal seta length 5.
Male. Length of body 1.7–2.0mm.
Antenna (
Fig. 992
) with scape gradually expanding towards apex and widest at apex; plaque pale brown and situated close to apex; dorso-basal whorls of long setae present on F1–F4 and C1, and a ventro-basal whorl of long setae on C1. Gaster elongate. Otherwise as in female.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 18; head length, frontal view 36; head width 46; mouth width 13.5; malar space 14; eye length 18.5; scape length 17; scape width 5; plaque length 7; pedicel length 6.5; pedicel+flagellum length 60; F1 length 4.5; F1 width 5; F2 length 6; F2 width 5; F3 length 8.5; F3 width 4.5; F4 length 9; F4 width 3.5; clava length 22; clava width 3.5; mesosoma length 62; mesosoma width 43.5; gaster length 80; gaster width 28; longest subbasal seta on F1, length 23.
Hosts
. According to the label data this species was reared from
Perasphondylia odoratum
(
Diptera
Cecidomyiidae
). This name does not appear in the most recent catalogue of
Cecidomyiidae (
Gagné & Jaschhof 2021
)
; however, one of the host plants of
P. reticulata
Möhn
is
Chromolaena odorata
(
Asteraceae
) so presumably the label refers to the bud gall induced by this cecidomyiid on this plant;
P. reticulata
is recorded from
Bolivia
as well as
Brazil
,
El Salvador
and
Mexico
.
Distribution
.
Bolivia
.
Material examined.
Holotype
♀
BOLIVIA
:
Santa Cruz
,
v.1971
, from
Perasphondylia odoratum (NHMUK)
.
Paratypes
:
1♀
2♂
with same label data as holotype (
NHMUK
)
.
Etymology
. Named after the host.