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<mods:title>An illustrated key to Neotropical species of the genus Meteorus Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>de Almeida, Luis Felipe</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2015</mods:date>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152058851" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2F7F4D96-6BD6-4E63-990C-6761AABB5DB0" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/22A6368E2D30BDB75F6A31FDECFB2EC7" lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="53" pageId="16" pageNumber="49">
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="49">Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="16" pageNumber="49" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="49">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/2F7F4D96-6BD6-4E63-990C-6761AABB5DB0" authority="Aguirre, Almeida & Shaw" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus carolae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carolae">Meteorus carolae Aguirre, Almeida & Shaw</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="16" pageNumber="49">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figures 73-79, 80-82
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="50" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="50">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="17" pageNumber="50" start="start">Diagnosis</pageBreakToken>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="50">
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Occipital carina complete; face maximum width 1.5
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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minimum width; mandibles twisted; notauli shallow, not distinctive and rugose; propodeum aerolate-rugose; hind coxa strigate; tarsal claw with large lobe; dorsope absent; ventral borders of first tergite joined completely along
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<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
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of segment; ovipositor 2.9
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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longer than first tergite; body mostly dark brown.
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="17" pageNumber="50">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="50">
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Figures 73-79.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus carolae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carolae">Meteorus carolae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. female. 73 Habitus in lateral view 74 head in dorsal view 75 head in frontal view 76 mesoscutum in dorsal view 77 propodeum in posterior view 78 metasoma in dorsal view 79 First tergite in dorsal view.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<caption pageId="17" pageNumber="50">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="50">
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Figures 80-82.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus carolae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carolae">Meteorus carolae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. male. 80 Habitus in lateral view 81 head in dorsal view 82 head in frontal view.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="50" type="body color">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="50">Body color.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="50">Antenna dark brown; annulus absent; face and clypeus yellow; frons black on the middle and orange laterally; vertex orange between the lateral ocelli and the compound eyes; area around and among ocelli, vertex behind the lateral ocelli, temple and the most of the gena black; a small orange area of the gena along the compound eye. Propleuron dark brown; pronotum dorsally dark brown, then gradually becomes light brown to orange ventrally; mesonotal lobes black; area among lobes, notauli and scutellum yellow-orange; mesopleuron, metanotum, metapleuron and propodeum black. Prothoracic legs yellow; mesothoracic legs yellow except tarsus brown; metathoracic coxa dark brown, remaining leg light brown. T1 yellow basally, dark brown apically; T2 yellow basally, remaining brown; sterna yellow-cream. Wings hyaline; stigma dark brown.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="51" type="body length">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="18" pageNumber="51" start="start">Body</pageBreakToken>
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length.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">3.6 mm.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="51" type="head">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">Head.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">
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Antenna with 26 flagellomeres; flagellar length/width ratios as follows: F1 = 4, F2 = 3.7, F3 = 2.7, F24 = 1.5, F25 = 1.3, F26 = 1.8; head 1.2 wider than high; occipital carina complete; ocellus-ocullar distance 1.2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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ocellar diameter; head height 1.4
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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eye height; temple length 0.4
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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eye length in dorsal view; vertex in dorsal view not descending vertically behind the lateral ocelli; frons strigulate; face maximum width 1.5
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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minimum width; face strigate-rugulose; face minimum width 0.8
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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clypeus width; clypeus rugulose; malar space length 0.3
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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mandible width basally; mandibles twisted.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="51" type="mesosoma">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">Mesosoma.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">Pronotum in lateral view extensively rugose; propleuron slightly puncticulate; notauli shallow, not distinctive and rugose; mesonotal lobes not well defined; central lobe of mesoscutum punctate; scutellar furrow with five carinae; mesopleuron punctate, rugose-lacunose close to the tegula; precoxal sulcus long, wide and rugose; metapleuron rugose; propodeum aerolate-rugose, both carinae or median depression absent.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="51" type="legs">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">Legs.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">Hind coxa strigate; tarsal claw with large lobe.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="51" type="wings">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">Wings.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">
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Wing length 3 mm; second submarginal cell of forewing not strongly narrowed anteriorly. Front wing: length of vein r 0.8
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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length of vein 3RSa; vein 3RSb straight; length of vein 3RSa 0.8
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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length of vein r-m; vein m-cu antefurcal. Hind wing: length of vein 1M 1.3
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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length of vein cu-a; length of vein 1M equal to length of vein r-m.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="51" type="metasoma">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">Metasoma.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">
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Dorsope absent; ventral borders of first tergite joined completely along
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<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
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of segment; first tergite with costae convergent posteriorly; ovipositor thickened basally and straight; ovipositor 2.9
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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longer than first tergite.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="51" type="cocoon">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">Cocoon.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">Unknown.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="51" type="female variation">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">Female variation.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">
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Head face and clypeus light brown-honey; frons medially black, laterally orange; area between ocelli, temples and vertex behind the lateral ocelli black; gena orange. Pronotum dorsal border black, remaining yellow; median mesonotal lobe and scutellum light brown, lateral mesonotal lobes dark brown, area among lobes and notauli yellow; mesopleuron black except a medial-posterior patch yellow; metanotum totally black; metapleuron yellow, or orange except ventral border black; propodeum black; mesothoracic legs coxa, trochanter and trochantellus white, remaining dark brown; body length 3.2-3.7 mm; antenna with 24-27 flagellomeres; ocellus-ocullar distance 1-1.5
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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ocellar diameter; temple length 0.5-0.6
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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eye length in dorsal view; face maximum width 1.4-1.6
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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minimum width; clypeus punctate; propleuron rugulose; precoxal sulcus short and wide; wing length 3.5 mm. Front wing: length of vein 3RSa 1-1.2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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length of vein r-m. Vein m-cu of forewing either intersticial or postfurcal. Ovipositor 2.3
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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longer than first tergite.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="52" pageId="18" pageNumber="51" type="male variation">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="51">Male variation.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="52" pageId="18" pageNumber="51">
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Lateral lobes of mesonotum and apical area of median one black, yellow the rest; mesopleuron either yellow except area close to the tegula dark brown, or orange on the middle, black dorsally and ventrally; prothoracic and mesothoracic legs yellow except tarsus brown; metathoracic legs yellow except tibia brown, femur apically and tarsus dark brown; T2 yellow-orange basally, remaining dark brown; body length 3.8 mm; antenna with 32 flagellomeres; head height 1.1
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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eye height; ocellus-ocullar distance 1.1
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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ocellar diameter; head height 1.5
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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eye height; face maximum
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<pageBreakToken pageId="19" pageNumber="52" start="start">width</pageBreakToken>
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1.2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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minimum width; face minimum width 0.9
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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clypeus width; malar space length 0.5
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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mandible width basally; wing length 3.4 mm. Front wing: length of vein r 0.6
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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length of vein 3RSa. Hind wing: length of vein 1M equal to length of vein cu-a; length of vein 1M 0.8
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length of vein r-m. First tergite costate-reticulate.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="19" pageNumber="52" type="type locality">
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<paragraph pageId="19" pageNumber="52">Type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="19" pageNumber="52">COSTA RICA, Cartago, Dulce Nombre, Vivero Linda Vista, 1400 m.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="53" pageId="19" pageNumber="52" type="type specimen">
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<paragraph pageId="19" pageNumber="52">Type specimen.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="19" pageNumber="52">
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Holotype female (point mounted). Original label: COSTA RICA, Cartago, Dulce Nombre, Vivero Linda Vista, 1400 m, collected
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<normalizedToken originalValue="VI–VIII">VI-VIII</normalizedToken>
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.1993, UWIM.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="53" pageId="19" pageNumber="52">
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Paratypes. One female (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Cartago, 4km NE
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Cañón">Canon</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Génesis">Genesis</normalizedToken>
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II, 2350 m, collected
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<normalizedToken originalValue="IV–V">IV-V</normalizedToken>
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.1996, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. One female (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Cartago, 4 km NE
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Cañón">Canon</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Génesis">Genesis</normalizedToken>
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II, 2350 m, collected V.1995, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. One male (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Cartago, 4 km NE
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Cañón">Canon</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Génesis">Genesis</normalizedToken>
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II, 2350 m, collected VII.1995, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. Three females, four males (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Cartago, Dulce Nombre, Viveiro Linda Vista, 1300 m, collected
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<normalizedToken originalValue="VIII–X">VIII-X</normalizedToken>
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.1993, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. Two males (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Cartago, Dulce Nombre, Viveiro Linda Vista, 1400 m, collected
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<normalizedToken originalValue="VI–VIII">VI-VIII</normalizedToken>
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.1993, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. One female, one male (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Cartago, La Cangreja, 1950 m, collected XII.1991, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. One male (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Tierras
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<pageBreakToken pageId="20" pageNumber="53" start="start">Morenas</pageBreakToken>
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, 700 m, collected III.1993, G.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Rodríguez">Rodriguez</normalizedToken>
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leg., UWIM. Three females (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, San Vito, Estac. Biol. Las Alturas, 1500 m, collected II.1992, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. One female (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, San Vito, Estac. Biol. Las Alturas, 1700 m, collected
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<normalizedToken originalValue="II–IV">II-IV</normalizedToken>
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.1993, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. One female, one male (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, San Vito, Estac. Biol. Las Alturas, 1500 m, collected III.1992, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. Four females (point mounted), COSTA RICA, San Jose, 26 km N San Isidro just S of Division, 2100 m, collected
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<normalizedToken originalValue="II–IV">II-IV</normalizedToken>
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.1993, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. Three females (point mounted), COSTA RICA, San
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<normalizedToken originalValue="José">Jose</normalizedToken>
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, 26 km N San Isidro just S of Division, 2100 m, collected
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<normalizedToken originalValue="IV–V">IV-V</normalizedToken>
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.1993, P. Hanson leg., Malaise, UWIM. Four females (point mounted), COSTA RICA, San
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<normalizedToken originalValue="José">Jose</normalizedToken>
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, 26 km N San Isidro just S of Division, 2100 m, collected
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<normalizedToken originalValue="VI–VIII">VI-VIII</normalizedToken>
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.1992, P. Hanson leg., Malaise, UWIM. Two females, one male (point mounted), COSTA RICA, San
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<normalizedToken originalValue="José">Jose</normalizedToken>
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, Cerro de la Muerte, 26 km N San isidro, 2100 m, collected
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<normalizedToken originalValue="II–V">II-V</normalizedToken>
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.1992, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. One female (point mounted), COSTA RICA, San
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<normalizedToken originalValue="José">Jose</normalizedToken>
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, Cerro de la Muerte, 26 km N San Isidro, 2100 m, collected
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<normalizedToken originalValue="II–V">II-V</normalizedToken>
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.1991, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. Two females (point mounted), COSTA RICA, San
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<normalizedToken originalValue="José">Jose</normalizedToken>
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, Zurqui de Moravia, 1600 m, collected III.1992, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. One male (point mounted), COSTA RICA, San Jose, Zurqui de Moravia, 1600 m, collected IV.1992, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. One female (point mounted), COSTA RICA, San
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<normalizedToken originalValue="José">Jose</normalizedToken>
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, Zurqui de Moravia, 1600 m, collected V.1992, P. Hanson leg., UWIM.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="20" pageNumber="53" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="53">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="53">Costa Rica.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="20" pageNumber="53" type="biology">
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="53">Biology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="53">Unknown.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="20" pageNumber="53" type="comments">
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="53">Comments.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="53">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus carolae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carolae">Meteorus carolae</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus rogerblancoi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rogerblancoi">Meteorus rogerblancoi</taxonomicName>
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might be confused because both share the complete occipital carina, twisted mandibles, notauli shallowly impressed and not distinct, the hind coxa strigate, tarsal claw with a large lobe, first tergite without dorsopes and ventral borders of the first tergite joined along
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<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
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of segment. Despite their close similarity both species appear distant in the key because of the pale color on the antennae tip contrasting with dark on the rest of the structure in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus rogerblancoi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rogerblancoi">Meteorus rogerblancoi</taxonomicName>
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(antennae uniformly dark in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus carolae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carolae">Meteorus carolae</taxonomicName>
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). The pale color on the antennae tip of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus rogerblancoi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rogerblancoi">Meteorus rogerblancoi</taxonomicName>
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was not taking into account in the original description by
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<bibRefCitation author="Zitani, NM" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Hymenoptera Research" pageId="49" pageNumber="82" pagination="182 - 208" title="Systematics of Costa Rica Meteorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Meteorinae) species lacking a dorsope." url="http://biostor.org/reference/490" volume="7" year="1998">Zitani et al. (1998)</bibRefCitation>
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probably because it is too small and restricted to the last three or two flagellomeres, but the careful examination of the complete type series allows to know that it is always present in both males and females. Another constant and stable character allowing separation of both species is the hind coxa completely dark brown in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus carolae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carolae">Meteorus carolae</taxonomicName>
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vs. the coxa basally yellow, distally black-dark brown in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus rogerblancoi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rogerblancoi">Meteorus rogerblancoi</taxonomicName>
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. On the couplet 44 of the key
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus carolae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carolae">Meteorus carolae</taxonomicName>
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matches closely to
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus martinezi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="martinezi">Meteorus martinezi</taxonomicName>
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. They have in common the same set of features share between
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus carolae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carolae">Meteorus carolae</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus rogerblancoi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rogerblancoi">Meteorus rogerblancoi</taxonomicName>
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, but
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus carolae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carolae">Meteorus carolae</taxonomicName>
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has the coxa dark brown (hind coxa dorsally dark brown, ventrally yellow in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus martinezi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="martinezi">Meteorus martinezi</taxonomicName>
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), antennae with 24-27 flagellomeres (antennae with 31 flagellomeres in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus martinezi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="martinezi">Meteorus martinezi</taxonomicName>
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) and the convergent eyes in frontal view, face maximum width/minimum width = 1.4-1.6 (face maximum width/minimum width = 1.1 in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus martinezi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="martinezi">Meteorus martinezi</taxonomicName>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="20" pageNumber="53" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="53">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="53">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Meteorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meteorus carolae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carolae">Meteorus carolae</taxonomicName>
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is named after Mrs. Carol Abram, Scott
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sister. Thank you for teaching me to read, and encouraging my entomological pursuits.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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