Review of Apantelessensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to all described species from Mesoamerica
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Fernandez-Triana, Jose L.
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Whitfield, James B.
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Rodriguez, Josephine J.
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Smith, M. Alex
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Janzen, Daniel H.
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Hallwachs, Winnie D.
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Hajibabaei, Mehrdad
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Burns, John M.
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Solis, M. Alma
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Brown, John
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Cardinal, Sophie
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Goulet, Henri
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Hebert, Paul D. N.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.383.6418
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.383.6418
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Apanteles federicomatarritai
Fernandez-Triana
sp. n.
Figs 168, 327
Apanteles
Rodriguez41 (
Smith et al. 2006
). Interim name provided by the authors.
Type locality.
COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Mamones, 365m, 10.77074, -85.42874.
Holotype.
♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0020615. 2. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Mundo Nuevo, Mamones, 24.xii.2007,
10.77074°N
,
85.42874°W
, 365m, DHJPAR0020615.
Paratypes.
151 ♀, 139 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: See Appendix 2 for detailed label data.
Description.
Female. Metatibia color (outer face): entirely or mostly (>0.7 metatibia length) dark brown to black, with yellow to white coloration usually restricted to anterior 0.2 or less. Fore wing veins color: veins C+Sc+R and R1 with brown coloration restricted narrowly to borders, interior area of those veins and pterostigma (and sometimes veins r, 2RS and 2M) transparent or white; other veins mostly transparent. Antenna length/body length: antenna shorter than body (head to apex of metasoma), not extending beyond anterior 0.7 metasoma length. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.1-2.2 mm or 2.3-2.4 mm. Fore wing length: 2.3-2.4 mm or 2.5-2.6 mm. Metafemur length/width: 2.8-2.9. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.3-2.4. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin: 1.4-1.5. Ovipositor sheaths length/metafemur length: 0.9. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 0.8.
Molecular data.
Sequences in BOLD: 38, barcode compliant sequences: 30.
Biology/ecology.
Gregarious (Fig. 327). Hosts:
Hesperiidae
,
Chioides zilpa
,
Polygonus leo
.
Distribution.
Costa Rica, ACG.
Etymology
.
We dedicate this species to Federico Matarrita in recognition of his diligent efforts to rebuild and develop the ACG web site at http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr and guide the parataxonomists into displaying their Species Pages there.