Dentalion (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) a new genus from tropical America with eleven new species
Author
Hansson, Christer
text
Zootaxa
2011
2811
1
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.207919
9ac3fc1a-5928-4b60-94ee-3af7123e8635
1175-5326
207919
Dentalion jimenezi
sp. nov.
(
Figs 23–26
,
62, 64
)
Diagnosis.
Frontal suture reaching eyes at a level equal to half distance between posterior margin of anterior ocellus and anterior margin of posterior ocelli (
Fig. 26
); forewing costal cell bare (as in
Fig. 52
); propodeum smooth (
Fig. 25
), callus with 2 setae.
Description.
FEMALE. Length
1.6–1.8 mm
. Scape yellowish-brown with dorsal edge dark brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Frons metallic bluish-purple. Vertex black with metallic bluish-purple tinges. Mesoscutum with anterior ½ black with metallic tinges, posterior ½ metallic bluish-green. Scutellum with anterior ¾ goldenpurple, posterior ¼ metallic bluish-purple. Propodeum metallic bluish-green. Coxae dark and metallic; femora and tibiae dark brown; fore tarsus with tarsomeres 1–3 white, 4 dark brown, mid and hind tarsi completely white. Forewing hyaline. Gaster with tergites 1 and 6 metallic bluish-purple, remaining tergites dark brown with metallic tinges.
FIGURES 23–26.
Dentalion jimenezi
sp. nov.
, female. 23. Head frontal. 24. Mesosoma dorsal. 25. Propodeum dorsal. 26. Head dorsal.
Antenna as in
Fig. 62
. Frons with raised, strong reticulation (
Fig. 23
); frontal suture reaching eyes at a level equal to half distance between posterior margin of anterior ocellus and anterior margin of posterior ocelli. Vertex with engraved, strong reticulation inside ocellar triangle, but smooth outside ocellar triangle (
Fig. 26
). Occipital margin rounded. Eyes with sparse, scattered hairs (
Figs 23, 26
).
Pronotum without transverse carina close to posterior margin (
Fig. 24
). Mesoscutum with raised, strong reticulation (
Fig. 24
); notauli as narrow distinct grooves in anterior 1/3, not visible in posterior 2/3. Scutellum with raised, rather strong reticulation in anterior ¾, but posterior ¼ smooth (
Fig. 24
); with 1 pair of setae. Propodeum smooth (
Fig. 25
); callus with 2 setae. Forewing speculum closed below; costal cell bare.
Petiole 0.2X as long as wide, smooth. Gaster elongate with apex acuminate; tergites smooth.
MALE. Length
1.3–1.4 mm
. Scape yellowish-brown to pale brown, with dorsal edge dark brown. Mesoscutum metallic bluish-green. Gaster with a large white spot in anterior ½. Colour otherwise as in female. Antenna as in
Fig. 64
; head otherwise as in female. Mesosoma and metasoma as in female.
Material examined.
Holotype
female (
INBio
) labelled “
COSTA RICA
, Guanacaste, Bagaces, P.N. Palo Verde, Sct Palo Verde, Extremo E de campo de Aterrizaje,
10 m
,
10.i–9.ii.2001
, I. Jiménez, LN 259050/388400, #61361”.
Paratypes
. 1Ψ 3ɗ on cards.
COSTA RICA
.
Puntarenas
: Reserva Abs. Cabo Blanco, 09˚35'N 85˚06'W,
30 m
,
16–17.ii.2009
, J.S. Noyes (
BMNH
).
Etymology.
Named after the collector of the
holotype
, Iván Jiménez, former parataxonomist at INBio.
Distribution.
Costa Rica
.