Eulophidae Of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), 4 The Genus Closterocerus Westwood S. Str.
Author
Hansson, Christer
text
Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera
2022
Oxford, England
2022-04-28
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6464278
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.6464279
978-1-7397467-0-4
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Closterocerus caelatus
sp.nov.
(
Figs 59, 60
)
Diagnosis.
Antenna flattened, scape widest slightly below apex (
Fig. 60
); pronotal collar with a carina along anterior margin (
Fig. 59
); midlobe of mesoscutum with two pairs of strong setae (
Fig. 59
); mesoscutellum with engraved reticulation (
Fig. 59
); dorsellum concave; fore wing hyaline with a large infuscate spot below stigmal vein (
Figs 59, 60
); stigmal vein elongate, 3.7× as long as wide and postmarginal vein 1.2× as long as stigmal vein (
Fig. 59
); hind tarsus white (
Fig. 60
); petiole as long as wide with sculpture on dorsal surface; length of body female
1.8mm
.
Female
holotype
: length of body
1.8mm
.
Antenna dark brown. Head with frons golden-green; vertex metallic bluish-purple. Mesoscutum and propodeum metallic bluish-green. Mesoscutellum and dorsellum golden-green. Coxae and femora dark brown with metallic tinges; tibiae and tarsi white. Fore wing hyaline with a large infuscate spot below stigmal vein, hind wing hyaline. Petiole black with metallic tinges. Gaster with Gt
1-2
metallic bluish-green, remaining tergites dark brown with metallic tinges.
Antenna flattened, scape widest slightly below apex. Frons and vertex with strong reticulation, vertex smooth lateral of ocellar triangle. Frontofacial suture V-shaped. Subtorular sutures absent. Occipital margin rounded.
Pronotal collar with a carina along anterior margin. Mesoscutum with strong reticulation; notauli distinct in anterior one-half; midlobe with two pairs of strong setae. Mesoscutellum flat, with strong engraved reticulation. Dorsellum concave and smooth. Propodeum smooth without median carina; callus with two setae. Fore wing speculum closed; without a stigmal hairline and with radial cell hairy.
Petiole as long as wide with strong sculpture on dorsal part. Gaster ovate; Gt
1-2
smooth, remaining tergites with weak reticulation.
Relative measurements: head length dorsal 20; head length frontal 26; head width 41; POL 7; OOL 4; lateral ocellus maximum width 3.5; eye length 21.5; malar space 6; mouth width 10; mesosoma length 60; mesosoma width 39; mesoscutellum length 23; mesoscutellum width 23; fore wing length 90; fore wing width 55; marginal vein length 48; postmarginal vein length 12; stigmal vein length 10; fore wing marginal fringe length 4; gaster length 61; gaster width 39.
Male. Unknown.
Hosts
. Unknown.
Distribution.
Costa Rica
.
Material examined.
Type material.
Holotype
♀
“
COSTA RICA
:
Puntarenas
,
Buenos Aires
,
Cerro Frantzius
,
2134m
,
12.iii-12. iv.2001
,
D. Rubí
, MT, LS 574800_334750, #62125” (
NHMUK
).
Etymology.
From the Latin
caelatus
= engraved, referring to the engraved sculpture on mesoscutellum.
Comments
. This species has some odd features for a
Closterocerus
: a long postmarginal vein, radial cell hairy, but since it has a flattened antenna and infuscate pattern in fore wing it is provisionally placed here.