Revision of the genus Promicrogaster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica
Author
Fernandez-Triana, Jose
Canadian National Collection of Insects, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON K 1 A 0 C 6 Canada
Author
Boudreault, Caroline
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4511-2626
Canadian National Collection of Insects, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON K 1 A 0 C 6 Canada
Author
Dapkey, Tanya
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - 6018 USA
Author
Smith, M. Alex
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8650-2575
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N 1 G 2 W 1 Canada
Author
Rodriguez, J.
Dept. of Natural Sciences, University of Virginia's College at Wise, Wise, VA 24293 USA
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Hallwachs, Winnie
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - 6018 USA
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Janzen, Daniel H.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-5107
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - 6018 USA
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Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2016
2016-06-27
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/JHR.50.8220
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/JHR.50.8220
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Promicrogaster fabriciocambroneroi Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault
sp. n.
Figs 57-62
Holotype.
Female, CNC. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Area de
Conservacion
Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Sendero Bejuquilla, 280m,
11.03004
,
-85.52699
. DNA Voucher code: DHJPAR0012588.
Description.
Head: mostly black, clypeus, labrum and mandibles yellow. Flagellomeres: dark brown to black. Mesosoma: black. Tegula: white. Metasoma (dorsally): T1-T4 entirely orange-yellow, T5+ mostly dark brown to black. Metacoxa: orange. Malar distance: more than 0.3
x
eye length. Fore wing areolet: present. T1 sculpture: smooth. T2 sculpture: smooth. Ocular-ocellar line: 0.19 mm. Interocellar distance: 0.13 mm. Posterior ocellus diameter: 0.10 mm. Body length: 5.28 mm. Fore wing length: 4.96 mm. Ovipositor length: 4.26 mm. Metacoxa length: 1.18 mm. Metafemur length: 1.29 mm. Metatibia length: 1.71 mm. T1 length/width at posterior margin: 0.48 mm/ 0.56 mm. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.26 mm/ 0.58 mm.
Distribution.
Known only from the holotype locality in ACG, dry forest, Costa Rica.
Etymology
.
Promicrogaster fabriciocambroneroi
is named in honor of 11-year-old
Felix
Fabricio Cambronero Mendoza from the Colonia
Bolanos
school for his growing enthusiasm for understanding and protecting the wild nature that occurs in his homeland.