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
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/JHR.50.8220
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Promicrogaster fabiancastroi Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault
sp. n.
Figs
51-56
Holotype
.
Female, CNC. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Area de
Conservacion
Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Arenales, 1080m,
10.92471
,
-85.46738
. DNA Voucher code: DHJPAR0031313.
Paratype.
1♀ (CNC), same locality as holotype. DNA voucher code: DHJPAR0031314.
Description.
Head: mostly black, labrum and mandibles light brown to yellow. Flagellomeres: dark brown. Mesosoma: black. Tegula: brown. Metasoma (dorsally): black to dark brown. Metacoxa: mostly black to dark brown (posterior 0.1-0.2 yellow). Malar distance: less than 0.2
x
eye length. Fore wing areolet: absent. T1 sculpture: mostly sculptured. T2 sculpture: mostly sculptured, except for smooth central area. Ocular-ocellar line: 0.08-0.10 mm. Interocellar distance: 0.08 mm. Posterior ocellus diameter: 0.05 mm. Body length: 1.98-2.14 mm. Fore wing length: 2.23-2.25 mm. Ovipositor length: 1.40-1.57 mm. Metacoxa length: 0.45-0.47 mm. Metafemur length: 0.52-0.56 mm. Metatibia length: 0.65-0.69 mm. T1 length/width at posterior margin: 0.24-0.27 mm/ 0.11 mm. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.06-0.07 mm/ 0.27-0.29 mm.
Distribution.
Known only from the holotype locality in ACG, cloud forest, Costa Rica.
Etymology.
Promicrogaster fabiancastroi
is named in honor of 8-year-old
Fabian
Castro
Gutierrez
from Educarte school for his growing enthusiasm for understanding and protecting the wild nature that occurs in his homeland.