First Survey Of The Neotropical Species Of Microchelonus Szépligeti With Descriptions Of Twenty-Five New Species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae) Author Papp, Jenő text Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 2016 2016-08-10 62 3 217 344 http://dx.doi.org/10.17109/azh.62.3.217.2016 journal article 10.17109/AZH.62.3.217.2016 2064-2474 12626151 Microchelonus subplanus Papp, 1999 (Figs 419–431) Microchelonussubplanus Papp, 1999: 190 fm, typelocality: CostaRica, Surrubes, female holotype (andonemaleparatype: Honduras , Yoro , PalodeComba ). Femaleholotype andmaleparatypearedepositedinHNHM; examined . Materialexamined – 1 f: CostaRica , Alajuela , 20 kmSfromUpala, 17 September 1990 , leg. F. D. Parker. Emendated features to the original description (Papp l.c.) – f. Body 3.3 mm long. Ultimate flagellomereslong, penultimateflagellomeretwicelongerthanbroad (Fig. 419). Headin dorsalviewtransverse, 2.1 timesasbroadaslong, eye 1.6 timeslongerthantempe (Fig. 420). Eyeinlateralviewtwiceashighaswide, genabeyondeyeshinyanditspunctation antero-posteriorlythickening (cf. Fig. 303). Clypeus 1.7 timesaswidebelowashighmedi- ally, itslowermarginfaintlyconvex (Fig. 421). Forewing: pterostigma 2.6 times ( holotype , Fig. 423) and 2.3 times (1 f, Fig. 429 ) as long as wide, 1–R1 almost, 0.85 times, as long aspterostigma. Carapaceindorsalview 1.9 timesaslongasbroadposteriorly, apically rounded (Fig. 424). Carapaceinlateralview 2.7 timesaslongashighposteriorly ( Fig. 428 seearrows ). Apicalforamenoffemalecarapaceverysmallandelliptic (Fig. 425). m. Penultimateflagellomereshort, 1.6 timesaslongasbroad. Forewing: pterostigma 2.6 timesaslongaswideandissuing r fromitsmiddle ( Fig. 430 ). Carapaceindorsalview somewhatlessbroadeningposteriorly, twiceaslongasbroad ( Fig. 431 ). Carapaceinlateral viewapicallyslightlymoredeclivous (Fig. 426). Apicalforamenofmalecarapacesome- whatgreaterthanthatoffemale, elliptic: twiceaswideashigh (Fig. 427). Distribution – Costa Rica . Remark – Onemaleparatype (localityHonduras 12 September 1995 ) provedtobenotrepresentingthespecies M. subplanus – henceitisdeleted fromthetype- seriesofthisspecies. Seeminglythismaleisnearto M. brasiliensis (Brues) . Taxonomicposition – Intheoriginaldescription (Pappl.c.) itisrelatedto M. johni (Marsh) and M. pectiniphorae (Cushman) . Inthekeytothefemale Microchelonus species M. subplanus runsto M. danzas sp. n. , seecouplets 46 (45) – 48 (47); in the key to the males it runs to M. bermus sp. n. and M. ruficollis (Viereck) , seecouplets 54 (53) – 59 (60).