identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
0570AB704C445FA7B3838B378027417C.text	0570AB704C445FA7B3838B378027417C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Szelenyiopria chiriquiensis Arauz & Fernandez-Marin 2025	<div><p>Szelenyiopria chiriquiensis Araúz &amp; Fernández-Marín sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 6, 7, 8, 9</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype • female (Fig. 6); “ PANAMÁ, Chiriquí, Boquerón, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-82.59789&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=8.719805" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -82.59789/lat 8.719805)">Cordillera</a> (8°43'11.3"N, 82°35'52.4"W, 1200 m); 13.xii.2023. Emerged from a larva of Acromyrmex coronatus (nest # 03), Gabriel Araúz, Hermógenes Fernández-Marín and Anel Pérez leg. ” (MIUP) . Paratypes • 3 males and 4 females, with same labels as holotype; • 5 females, PANAMÁ, Chiriquí, Tierras Altas, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-82.6532&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=8.811444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -82.6532/lat 8.811444)">Volcán</a> (8°48'41.2"N, 82°39'11.5"W); 13.xii.2023. Emerged from a larva of A. coronatus (nest # 01), Gabriel Araúz, Hermógenes Fernández-Marín and Anel Pérez leg. Paratypes location: 6 females and 2 males in MIUP; 3 females and 1 male in LIS.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species name is refers to term “ Chiriquí ”, which means “ Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley) ” to the Ngäbe and Buglé peoples, the native inhabitants of Chiriquí Province. Additionally, the species name refers to Chiriquí Province, where we discovered this species and which is one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and agriculturally productive regions in Panama.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Szelenyiopria chiriquiensis differs from the all known species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: female antenna 11 - segmented, with nonabrupt clava; three apical segments of clava flattened ventrally; gena with dense postgenal cushion; lateral side of pronotum and mesopleura mainly covered with alutaceous sculptured; anterior scutellar pit semicircle, with three low longitudinal striae and four ridges inside; mesoscutum convex and with alutaceous sculpture; propodeum dorsally rugulose sculptured with median keel slightly raised anteriorly (Figs 6, 7E); side of propodeum and metapleuron reticulate rugose, covered with scattered, apically truncate and up-standing setae and short pubescence. T 2 – T 4 covered with numerous specialized setae (Fig. 7 F, G). Male antenna 14 - segmented; A 3 – A 14 each with a row of long setae.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Holotype, female (Fig. 6). Body length 2.82 mm. Head, mesosoma and metasoma shiny, mesosoma nearly all covered with alutaceous sculpture. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black; antenna, tegula and legs pale brown.</p><p>Head (Fig. 7 A – C). Head subrectangular and slightly transverse, in dorsal view 1.29 × as wide as long (0.62 mm / 0.48 mm) with protruding antennal shelf and covered with long, scattered, truncate setae. Frons and face smooth. Temple subequal to width of compound eye (0.22 mm / 0.20 mm) in lateral view. Compound eyes ovoid, 1.05 × as high as wide (0.20 mm / 0.19 mm), with some scattered truncate setae. Ocelli large, forming almost equilateral triangle, POL: LOL: OOL = 4: 3: 10. Ocelli diameter 4 × ommatidium diameter; malar space 0.55 × as long as compound eye height (0.11 mm / 0.20 mm) in lateral view. Occipital carina narrow and smooth in dorsal view. Palpal formula 5: 2.</p><p>Antennae. Antenna 11 - segmented with nonabrupt clava, A 1 subcylindrical, broadened apically and covered with reticulate sculpture. Size of antennomeres (length / width in mm) in lateral view: A 1 0.51 / 0.11, A 2 0.13 / 0.08, A 3 0.15 / 0.07, A 4 0.14 / 0.07, A 5 0.13 / 0.07, A 6 0.13 / 0.07, A 7 0.13 / 0.08, A 8 0.13 / 0.09, A 9 0.15 / 0.14, A 10 0.16 / 0.15 and A 11 0.28 / 0.15. Clavomeres A 9 – A 10 subquadrate in dorsal view and flattened ventrally; A 11 subconical, flattened ventrally. All antennomeres with long, scattered, truncate setae and A 8 – A 11 covered with short pubescence.</p><p>Mesosoma (Fig. 7 D, E). Mesosoma 1.19 × wider than head at level of tegula (0.74 mm / 0.62 mm). Cervix longitudinally strigose. Pronotal cushion dense, pronotal collar with only scattered truncate setae. Mesoscutum slightly convex, shiny, with alutaceous sculpture along margins and sparse truncate setae. Mesoscutellar disc convex and covered with alutaceous sculpture; axilla 1.33 × as long as the scutellar pit (0.18 mm / 0.24 mm). Metanotum with alutaceous sculpture between longitudinal ridges on metascutellum and on metanotal trough, covered with short pilosity and scattered truncate setae. Metascutellum armed with three longitudinal ridges. Propodeum rugulose and covered by short pilosity, posterolateral corners strongly prominent and posterior margin deeply convex medially in dorsal view. Mesopleuron with scattered specialized setae and short pilosity, mainly covered with alutaceous sculpture and partly smooth in its middle part. Propleuron with alutaceous sculpture and covered with short and dense pilosity. Metapleuron and lateral sides of propodeum rugose, covered with short pale pilosity. Forewing 3.05 × longer than wide (2.78 mm / 0.91 mm); submarginal vein reaching proximal third of forewing length. Hindwing longer than wide (1.69 mm / 0.21 mm), with marginal vein. Legs long, covered with scattered truncate setae. Femora of all legs slender with long stalk.</p><p>Metasoma (Fig. 7 F, G). Petiole 1.47 × longer than wide (0.28 mm / 0.19 mm), longitudinally strigose and covered with short pilosity. Gaster 1.44 × longer than wide (1.01 mm / 0.7 mm) with dorsally numerous scattered, long, truncate setae and ventrally with two rows of long, truncate setae.</p><p>Variation. Mesoscutum in some parts up to completely alutaceously sculptured. Female body length 3.05–3.10 mm.</p><p>Male (Figs 8, 9 A – F). Body length 3.38–3.43 mm. Similar to female except for the following characters: eyes bare; antennae 14 - segmented; A 1 and A 2 subcylindrical, shortly pubescent; A 3 – A 14 each fusiform, its widest part slightly shifted towards apex with a row of long setae. Size of antennomeres (length / width in mm): A 1 (0.52 / 0.12); A 2 (0.10 / 0.10); A 3 (0.18 / 0.09); A 4 (0.20 / 0.10); A 5 (0.20 / 0.09); A 6 (0.18 / 0.10); A 7 (0.22 / 0.10); A 8 (0.23 / 0.10); A 9 (0.21 / 0.09); A 10 (0.22 / 0.10); A 11 (0.20 / 0.10); A 12 (0.19 / 0.09); A 13 (0.18 / 0.09) and A 14 (0.22 / 0.07).</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Known from only the type locality.</p><p>Biology.</p><p>Szelenyiopria chiriquiensis sp. nov. is a larval endoparasitoid of the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex coronatus in Panama. We found that 62 % of all A. coronatus nests collected were parasitized (n = 21). This diapriid species can be solitary (only one wasp per larva) or gregarious (up to five wasps per larva), with each wasp separated from the others by a septum. The ant workers protected, groomed, and transported the parasitized larvae as if they were healthy larvae. Once the wasps emerged, they tried to leave the nest quickly. If they did not, two or more ants used their mouthparts to hold them by the legs, antennae, and / or wings, and they dismembered the wasps.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0570AB704C445FA7B3838B378027417C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Araúz, Gabriel;Chemyreva, Vasilisa;Ríos, Tomás;Gálvez, Dumas;Cambra, Roberto A.;Medianero, Enrique;Wcislo, William T.;Fernández-Marín, Hermógenes	Araúz, Gabriel, Chemyreva, Vasilisa, Ríos, Tomás, Gálvez, Dumas, Cambra, Roberto A., Medianero, Enrique, Wcislo, William T., Fernández-Marín, Hermógenes (2025): Two new species of Szelenyiopria Fabritius (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae), larval koinobiont endoparasitoids of the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex coronatus (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), from Panama. ZooKeys 1250: 293-314, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1250.151740
DD7A960DB99653389813D96517509630.text	DD7A960DB99653389813D96517509630.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Szelenyiopria fortunensis Arauz & Fernandez-Marin 2025	<div><p>Szelenyiopria fortunensis Araúz &amp; Fernández-Marín sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 2, 3, 4, 5</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype • female (Fig. 2). “ PANAMÁ, Chiriquí, Gualaca, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-82.23744&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=8.722166" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -82.23744/lat 8.722166)">Reserva Forestal Fortuna</a> (8°43'19.8"N, 82°14'14.8"W, 1200 m); 26.v.2012. Emerged from a nest of Acromyrmex coronatus (nest # 25), Tomás Ríos, Juan Bernal and Hermógenes Fernández-Marín leg ” (MIUP) . Paratypes • with same data as holotype; 3 females and 1 male in MIUP; 3 females and 1 male in LIS .</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species is named after the Fortuna Forest Reserve, a protected area in the Chiriquí Province, where we found this species. Additionally, the species name refers to the fortunate and serendipitous encounter when one of the authors (HFM) discovered a nest of an Acromyrmex species parasitized by a diapriid wasp for the first time in Panama.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Szelenyiopria fortunensis differs from the all known species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: female antenna 12 - segmented with nonabrupt clava (Fig. 2 B, C), four apical segments of clava flattened ventrally; gena with dense postgenal cushion; lateral side of pronotum and mesopleura smooth; anterior scutellar pit subcircular, smooth inside (Fig. 3 D); mesoscutum mainly smooth; propodeum rugose sculptured with median keel strongly raised anteriorly to form “ axe ” shaped spine (Figs 1, 3E, 4 D); sides of propodeum dorsally and metapleuron reticulate rugose sculptured with scattered, apically truncate and upstanding setae, and covered with short pubescence; T 2 – T 4 covered with few setae (Fig. 2 F, G). Males with 14 - segmented antenna; A 3 – A 14 each with a row of long setae apically.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Holotype, female (Fig. 2). Body length 3.31 mm; head, mesosoma and metasoma dark brown, smooth, and shiny; antenna, tegula, and legs pale brown.</p><p>Head (Fig. 3 A – C). Head subcircular, in dorsal view 1.03 × as wide as long (0.60 mm / 0.58 mm) with protruding antennal shelf and covered with scattered truncate setae. Frons and face smooth. Temple length subequal to width of compound eye (0.21 mm / 0.22 mm) in lateral view. Compound eyes ovoid, 0.73 × as wide as high (0.30 mm / 0.22 mm), with a few truncate setae. Ocelli large, forming almost equilateral triangle, POL: LOL: OOL = 4: 3: 8. Diameter of ocellus 3.5 × ommatidium diameter (0.07 mm / 0.02 mm); malar space shorter than compound eye height (0.17 mm / 0.30 mm) in lateral view. Occipital carina narrow and smooth in dorsal view. Palpal formula 5: 2.</p><p>Antennae. Antenna 12 - segmented with nonabrupt clava, Al subcylindrical, broadened apically and reticulate sculptured. Size of antennomeres (length / width in millimeters) in lateral view: A 1 0.51 / 0.11, A 2 0.14 / 0.08, A 3 0.19 / 0.07, A 4 0.15 / 0.07, A 5 0.14 / 0.08, A 6 0.12 / 0.09, A 7 0.15 / 0.11, A 8 0.14 / 0.12, A 9 0.15 / 0.13, A 10 0.15 / 0.13, A 11 0.14 / 0.14 and A 12 0.21 / 0.14. Clavomeres A 9 – A 11 subquadrate in dorsal view, A 12 subconical, and all flattened ventrally. A 1 – A 7 covered with truncate setae; A 6 – A 12 covered with short pubescence.</p><p>Mesosoma (Fig. 3 D, E). Mesosoma at level of tegula wider than head (0.64 mm / 0.60 mm). Cervix longitudinally strigose. Pronotal collar with dense pilosity. Mesoscutum slightly convex, smooth with sparse truncate setae. Anterior scutellar pit with three low carinae inside, subcircular, and deep. Mesoscutellar disc slightly convex; axilla as wide as scutellar pit (0.17 mm / 0.15 mm), shortly pubescent. Metanotum covered with short pilosity and few truncate setae. Metascutellum armed with three longitudinal ridges; metanotal trough smooth. Propodeum reticulate rugose with scattered setae and postero-lateral corners strongly prominent and posterior margin deeply convex medially. Mesopleuron smooth with truncate, specialized setae. Metapleuron and lateral sides of propodeum rugose with truncate setae and covered with short pilosity. Forewing 3.15 × longer than wide (2.96 mm / 0.94 mm); submarginal vein reaching proximal third of wing length. Hindwing longer than wide (1.87 mm / 0.21 mm), with marginal vein. Legs long, covered with scattered truncate setae. Femora of all legs slender with long stalk.</p><p>Metasoma (Fig. 3 F, G). Petiole 1.47 × longer than wide (0.28 mm / 0.19 mm), longitudinally rugulate, covered with long truncate setae and short pubescence. Gaster 2.05 × longer than wide (1.21 mm / 0.59 mm), smooth, with few sparse truncate setae dorsally and ventrally.</p><p>Variation. Anterior scutellar pit subcircular to remarkable “ chestnut ” form. Female body length 2.93–3.42 mm.</p><p>Male (Figs 4, 5 A – F). Body length: 2.82–3.08 mm. Similar to female except for the following characters: eyes bare; antenna 14 - segmented; A 3 – A 14 each fusiform, its widest part slightly shifted towards apex with a row of long setae. Size of antennomeres (length / width in mm): A 1 (0.54 / 0.1); A 2 (0.15 / 0.1); A 3 (0.2 / 0.08); A 4 (0.2 / 0.09); A 5 (0.2 / 0.09); A 6 (0.23 / 0.08); A 7 (0.19 / 0.09); A 8 (0.2 / 0.09); A 9 (0.19 / 0.09); A 10 (0.16 / 0.08); A 11 (0.15 / 0.08); A 12 (0.18 / 0.08); A 13 (0.16 / 0.08); A 14 (0.29 / 0.07).</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Known from only the type locality.</p><p>Biology.</p><p>Szelenyiopria fortunensis sp. nov. is a larval endoparasitoid of the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex coronatus in Panama. We found that 25 % of all A. coronatus nests collected in Fortuna Forest Reserve were parasitized by this species. This new species can be solitary (only one wasp per larva) or gregarious (two or more wasps per larva), with each wasp separated from the others by a septum. The ant workers protected, groomed, and transported the parasitized larvae as if they were healthy larvae. However, after emergence the wasps tried to leave the nests quickly. If they did not, two or more worker ants used their mandibles to hold them by the legs, antennae, and / or wings, and then the wasps were mutilated and killed.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DD7A960DB99653389813D96517509630	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Araúz, Gabriel;Chemyreva, Vasilisa;Ríos, Tomás;Gálvez, Dumas;Cambra, Roberto A.;Medianero, Enrique;Wcislo, William T.;Fernández-Marín, Hermógenes	Araúz, Gabriel, Chemyreva, Vasilisa, Ríos, Tomás, Gálvez, Dumas, Cambra, Roberto A., Medianero, Enrique, Wcislo, William T., Fernández-Marín, Hermógenes (2025): Two new species of Szelenyiopria Fabritius (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae), larval koinobiont endoparasitoids of the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex coronatus (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), from Panama. ZooKeys 1250: 293-314, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1250.151740
