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
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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
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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
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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
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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 eimyobandoae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault
sp. n.
Figs 45-50
Holotype.
Female, CNC. COSTA RICA, Alajuela, Area de
Conservacion
Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Potrero Argentina, 520m,
10.89021
,
-85.38803
. DNA Voucher code: DHJPAR0027520.
Paratypes.
1♀, 1♂ (CNC), same locality as holotype. 1♂ (CNC), ACG, Sector San Cristobal, Rio Blanco Abajo, 500m,
10.90037
,
-85.37254
. DNA voucher codes: DHJPAR0025577, DHJPAR0025685, DHJPAR0026587.
Description.
Head: mostly black, labrum and mandibles light brown to yellow. Flagellomeres: dark brown to black. Mesosoma: black. Tegula: brown. Metasoma (dorsally): black to dark brown. Metacoxa: orange-yellow. Malar distance: less than 0.2
x
eye length. Fore wing areolet: present. T1 sculpture: mostly sculptured. T2 sculpture: mostly sculptured, except for smooth central area. Ocular-ocellar line: 0.10 mm. Interocellar distance: 0.08 mm. Posterior ocellus diameter: 0.06 mm. Body length: 2.78-2.80 mm. Fore wing length: 2.73-2.80 mm. Ovipositor length: 1.69-1.84 mm. Metacoxa length: 0.63 mm. Metafemur length: 0.69-0.71 mm. Metatibia length: 0.87-0.92 mm. T1 length/width at posterior margin: 0.32 mm/ 0.15-0.23 mm. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.11 mm/ 0.32-0.37 mm.
Distribution.
Costa Rica (ACG, mid-elevation rain forest).
Etymology.
Promicrogaster eimyobandoae
is named in honor of 12-year-old Eimy Yuleisi Obando Zelaya from the La Garita Vieja school for her growing enthusiasm for understanding and protecting the wild nature that occurs in her homeland.