Review of Grotiusomyia Girault (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae), an exclusively New World genus, including 17 new species
Author
Hansson, Christer
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-04
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.2
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10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.2
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Grotiusomyia pilosa
sp. nov.
Figs 15
,
39, 40, 43
,
67, 68
,
73
,
90
,
107
Diagnosis
. Female: 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 0.9× as long as wide, apex of clava pointed (
Figs 15
,
68
); frons between scrobes and eyes and vertex with strong reticulation (90, 107); occipital margin with a sharp edge behind ocellar triangle (
Fig. 90
); mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with same colour and reticulation (
Fig. 39
); mesoscutellum convex; dorsellum ±flat, smooth and shiny, medio-posterior part protruding, with postero-lateral parts incised (
Fig. 43
); fore wing with 8–18 setae in apico-dorsal part of costal cell, speculum very small and completely hyaline (
Fig. 15
); fore coxa yellowish-brown, mid coxa black with metallic tinges (
Fig. 15
); gaster (
Fig. 40
) 2.5× as long as wide and narrow; Gt
1
0.4× as long as length of gaster, dorsal surface smooth and shiny, posterior margin straight; Gt
6
0.3× as long as length of gaster with anterior part 1.8× as wide as width of posterior part, posterior margin curved slightly backwards with sharp edge. Male: diagnostic features of dorsellum and pilosity as in female.
Description (female
holotype
).
Length
2.3 mm
. Frons between scrobes and eyes and vertex with strong reticulation, shiny, 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, medio-posterior part protruding, with postero-lateral parts incised. Propodeal callus with 17 setae. Fore wing with eight setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; with 25 admarginal setae; costal cell with 35 scattered setae on ventral surface, apico-dorsal margin with 18 setae; speculum very small and closed below. Gaster long ovate, narrow; Gt
1
smooth and shiny, remaining tergites with weak reticulation; Gt
1
with posterior margin straight, Gt
6
with posterior margin curved slightly backwards.
Colour. Head metallic bluish-green, scrobes black with metallic tinges. Mandibles yellowish-brown. Antennae with scape yellowish-brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Mesosoma golden-green. Legs with fore coxa yellowish-brown, mid coxa black with metallic tinges, hind coxa golden-green; remaining parts of legs yellowish-brown. Gaster with Gt
1 metallic bluish-green, remaining tergites black with metallic tinges.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 22; head length, frontal view 38; head width 52; POL 11.5; OOL 5.5; mouth width 17; malar space 5; eye length 28; lateral ocellus diameter 5; scape length 18.5; scape width 5; pedicel length 6; pedicel width. dorsal view 4; flagellum length 49; F1 length 10.5; F1 width 6; F2 length 8; F2 width 7; F3 length 8; F3 width 8.5; F4 length 7.5; F4 width 8.5; clava length 14.5; clava width 8; pronotum length 20; pronotum width 34; mesosoma length 80; mesosoma width 47; midlobe of mesoscutum length 27.5; mesoscutellum length 26.5; mesoscutellum width 23; propodeum length 17; hind tibia length 48; hind tibial spur1 length 11; hind tibial spur2 length 6; hind tarsus length 38; hind basitarsus length 10; fore wing length 143; fore wing width 70; costal cell length 43; costal cell width 3; marginal vein length 46; postmarginal vein length 24; stigmal vein length 14; Gt
1
length 30; Gt
6
length 23; Gt
6
width at base 28; Gt
6
width at apex 16; gaster length 84; gaster width 34.
Variation. Length
1.5–2.3 mm
. Costal cell with 8–18 setae in apico-dorsal part. Propodeal callus with 7–17 setae.
Male
. Length
1.7 mm
.Antennal scape and femora dark brown, tibiae and tarsi brown, coxae black with metallic tinges. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and Gt
1
metallic purple. Otherwise as in female.
Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 16; head width 39; eye length 19; scape length 14; scape width 4; flagellum length 34; F1 length 6.5; F1 width 5; F2 length 6; F2 width 5.5; F3 length 5.5; F3 width 5.5; F4 length 4.5; F4 width 5.5; clava length 10.5; clava width 5; Gt
1
length 16; gaster length 57; gaster width 26.
Distribution
.
Belize
,
Costa Rica
.
Etymology
. From the Greek
pilos
= hair, referring to the hairy basal part of the fore wing.
Material
.
Holotype
female:
COSTA RICA
,
Puntarenas
,
Estación Altamira
,
Sendero Los Gigantes
,
9º02′N
,
83º00′W
,
1450–1700m
,
7.ii–5.iii.2002
,
C. Hansson
&
Parataxonomos
(
MZLU
)
.
Paratypes
(
34♀
22♁,
CNC
,
MZLU
,
MZUCR
,
NHMUK
)
:
4♀
4♁with same label data as holotype; 1♁
COSTA RICA
,
Puntarenas
,
Estación Altamira
,
Sendero Casa Coca
,
9º02′N
,
83º00′W
,
1450–1700m
,
7.ii–5.iii.2002
,
C. Hansson
&
Parataxonomos
;
1♀
3♁
COSTA RICA
,
Puntarenas
,
San Vito
,
Las Cruces
,
Wilson Botanico
,
8º47′N
,
82º58′W
,
1150m
,
18-22.iii.1990
,
J.S. Noyes
; following from same locality as previous but collected
15-16.ii.2006
(1♁),
7-19.ii.2007
(
2♀
5♁),
15-16.ii.2012
(
3♀
)
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Puntarenas
,
Golfito
,
Parque Nacional Corcovado
,
Quebrada La Bonanza
,
LS 524800
_
275700, 500m
,
x.2000
,
J. Azofeifa
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Puntarenas
,
Parque Nacional Corcovado
,
Estación Agujas
,
Cerro Quebraditos
,
LS 274300
_
521400, 782m
,
15.v-15.vi.2000
,
J. Azofeifa
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Puntarenas
,
Golfito
,
Parque Nacional Corcovado
,
Cerro Rincón
,
La Tigrilla
,
LS 523600
_
274500, 600m
,
20.ii-15.iii.2001
,
J. Azofeifa
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Puntarenas
,
Los Charcos de Osa
,
8º40'N
,
83º36'W
,
50m
,
15-16.ii.2010
,
J.S. Noyes
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Alajuela
,
Parque Nacional Arenal
,
10°28'N
,
84°45'W
,
617m
,
21-28.ii.2005
,
C. Hansson
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Alajuela
,
San Carlos
,
Parque Nacional Arenal
,
Sendero Pilón, LN
269200_
458050, 600m
,
15.iii-5.iv.2001
,
G. Carballo
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Alajuela
,
7km
N Boca Tapada
,
Laguna Lagerta Lodge
,
10º41'N
,
84º11'W
,
55m
,
18-19.ii.2018
,
J.S. Noyes
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Cartago
,
Humo
,
El Copal
,
9°47'N
,
83°45'W
,
1050-1250m
,
29.ii-6.iii.2008
,
C. Hansson
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Cartago
,
Parque Nacional Tapantí
,
9º45′N
,
83º47′W
,
1200-1550m
,
20.iii-10.iv.2000
,
C. Hansson
&
D. Rubí
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Guanacaste
,
Estación Pitilla
, ACG, LN330200_380200,
iv.1991
,
P. Rios
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Guanacaste
,
Estación Pitilla
, ACG, LN329950_380450,
ii.1995
,
P. Rios
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Heredia
,
Estación Biológica La Selva
,
50m
,
10º26′N
,
84º01′W
,
22.i-2.ii.1991
,
J.S.Noyes
; following from same locality as previous but collected
i.1996
(
1♀
),
28-29.ii.2008
(3♁),
24-25.ii.2011
(
1♀
),
22-24.ii.2012
(1♁)
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Heredia
,
Santo Domingo
, INBio-Parque,
iii.2002
,
J.S. Noyes
&
J. Azofeifa
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Heredia
,
Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo
,
25.iii.1990
,
J.S. Noyes
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Limón
,
Reserva Biológica Hitoy Cerere
,
9º40′N
,
83º02′W
,
100m
,
14-18.i.1991
,
J.S. Noyes
; following from same locality as previous but collected
24-25.ii.2004
(
1♀
1♁),
20-21.ii.2006
(
1♀
3♁)
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
Limón
,
16km
W Guápiles
,
400m
, i-iv.1991,
P. Hanson
;
1♀
COSTA RICA
,
San José
,
Zurqui de Moravia
,
10º02'58''N
,
84º00'57''W
,
1600m
,
ii.1995
,
P. Hanson
; following from same locality as previous but collected
v.1992
(
1♀
),
x.1995
(
1♀
)
.
1♀
BELIZE
,
Las Cuevas
,
iii.1995
,
T
.
King
&
A. Howe
.