Review of Grotiusomyia Girault (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae), an exclusively New World genus, including 17 new species
Author
Hansson, Christer
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.2
1175-5326
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Grotiusomyia azofeifai
sp. nov.
Figs 5
,
25, 26
,
53, 54
,
80
,
97
Diagnosis
. Mandibles yellowish-brown with a row of small teeth at apex (as in
Fig. 112
); flagellum dark brown, 1.0× as long as width of mesoscutum, F4 1.1× as long as wide, apex of clava pointed (
Figs 5
,
53
); frons between scrobes and eyes and vertex with strong reticulation (
Fig. 97
); occipital margin with a sharp edge behind ocellar triangle (
Fig. 80
); mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with same reticulation (
Fig. 25
); mesoscutum black with metallic tinges and mesoscutellum golden-purplish; mesoscutellum convex; dorsellum flat, smooth and shiny, posterior margin evenly rounded; fore wing with 4–8 setae in apico-dorsal part of costal cell, completely hyaline (
Fig. 5
); fore coxa pale brown, mid coxa yellowish-brown (
Fig. 5
); gaster (
Fig. 25
) 2.4× as long as wide; Gt
1
0.4× as long as length of gaster, dorsal surface smooth, posterior margin curved slightly forwards; Gt
6
0.2× as long as length of gaster with anterior part 2.1× as wide as width of posterior part, posterior margin curved backwards with sharp edge. Male: gaster with a pale spot in medio-basal part (
Fig. 26
).
Description (female
holotype
).
Length
1.6 mm
. Frons between scrobes and eyes and vertex with strong reticulation, scrobes smooth. Mandibles with a row of small teeth at apex. Occipital margin with a sharp edge behind ocellar triangle. Dorsellum flat, smooth and shiny, posterior margin evenly rounded. Propodeal callus with seven setae. Fore wing with six setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; with 14 admarginal setae; costal cell with 30 setae on ventral surface in two rows, apico-dorsal margin with five setae; speculum distinct and closed below. Gaster long ovate; Gt
1
smooth and shiny without sculpture, remaining tergites with weak reticulation; Gt
1
with posterior margin curved slightly forwards, Gt
6
with posterior margin curved backwards.
Colour. Frons and vertex metallic bluish-green, scrobes black with metallic tinges. Mandibles yellowish-brown. Antennae with scape yellowish-brown, pedicel pale brown, flagellum dark brown. Mesoscutum and propodeum black with metallic tinges, mesoscutellum golden-purplish. Legs with fore coxa pale brown, mid coxa yellowish-brown, hind coxa black with metallic tinges; hind femur dark brown, remaining parts of legs yellowish-white. Gaster with Gt
1
metallic bluish-green, remaining tergites black with metallic purple tinges.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 19; head length, frontal view 28; head width 39; POL 7; OOL 4.5; mouth width 10; malar space 5; eye length 22; lateral ocellus diameter 4; scape length 13; scape width 3.5; pedicel length 5; pedicel width. dorsal view 3; flagellum length 33; F1 length 5; F1 width 4; F2 length 5.5; F2 width 4; F3 length 5; F3 width 4.5; F4 length 5; F4 width 4.5; clava length 11; clava width 4.5; pronotum length 12; pronotum width 25; mesosoma length 52; mesosoma width 32; midlobe of mesoscutum length 17; mesoscutellum length 17; mesoscutellum width 15.5; propodeum length 10; hind tibia length 33; hind tibial spur1 length 6; hind tibial spur2 length 3; hind tarsus length 25; hind basitarsus length 6; fore wing length 92; fore wing width 38; costal cell length 24; costal cell width 3; marginal vein length 28; postmarginal vein length 12; stigmal vein length 7.5; Gt
1
length 20; Gt
6
length 10; Gt
6
width at base 21; Gt
6
width at apex 10; gaster length 52; gaster width 22.
Variation. Length
1.1–1.6 mm
. Costal cell with 4–8 setae in apico-dorsal part. Propodeal callus with 4–8 setae.
Male
. Length
1.4 mm
. Gt
1-2
yellowish-white with lateral margins dark brown. Otherwise as in female.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 17; head width 38; eye length 19; scape length 12; scape width 3.5; flagellum length 35; F1 length 5.5; F1 width 4; F2 length 5; F2 width 4; F3 length 6; F3 width 5; F4 length 6; F4 width 5; clava length 10.5; clava width 5; Gt
1
length 16; gaster length 44; gaster width 22.
Distribution
.
Costa Rica
.
Etymology
. Named in honor of Antonio (Tonio) Azofeifa, one of the collectors of
type
material.
Material
.
Holotype
female:
COSTA RICA
,
Heredia
,
Estación Biológica La Selva
,
10º26′N
,
84º01′W
,
50m
,
22.i-2.ii.1991
,
J.S.Noyes
(
NHMUK
)
.
Paratypes
(
15♀
1♁,
MZLU
,
MZUCR
,
NHMUK
)
:
2♀
with same label data as holotype; following from same locality as
holotype
but collected
x.1995
(
1♀
),
28-29.ii.2008
(
3♀
),
24-25.ii.2011
(
2♀
)
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Heredia
,
Reserva Privada Selva Verde
,
10º27′N
,
84º04′W
,
75m
,
13.iii.2005
,
C. Hansson
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Puntarenas
,
Reserva Privada Karen Mogensen
,
9º52′N
,
85º03′W
,
305m
,
11-21.ii.2005
,
C. Hansson
; following from same locality as previous but collected
23-24.ii.2007
(
3♀
),
23-24.ii.2013
(
1♀
)
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Puntarenas
,
Golfito
,
Estación Agujas.
LS 526550
_276750, 250-
350m
,
2-22.x.1999
, J.
Azofeifa
; 1
♁
COSTA RICA
,
Puntarenas
,
San Vito
,
Las Cruces
,
Wilson Botanico
,
8º47′N
,
82º58′W
,
1000–1300m
,
7-19.ii.2007
,
C. Hansson
.