Galeopsomyia miopis Hansson, 2023

Hansson, Christer & Hanson, Paul E., 2023, EULOPHIDAE OF COSTA RICA (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), 5: The genus Galeopsomyia Girault, Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) 3 (1), pp. 1-743 : 139-140

Galeopsomyia miopis Hansson sp.nov.

( Figs 160, 161 , 1031)

Diagnosis (female). Antenna with solid clava (Fig. 1031); genal carina present; mesoscutellum ( Fig. 160 ) with weak and indistinct submedian grooves, predominantly with isodiametric meshes; propodeum ( Fig. 160 ) with median carina split into an inverted “Y”, and with anterior part raised into a tooth; hind coxa with a strong and complete carina along posterior margin; petiole short, conical and smooth; gaster ( Fig. 160 ) 3.1× as long as wide, Gt 2 0.22× as long as Gt 4, Gt 1 with same strong reticulation as remaining tergites, medio-basal Gt 1 with a rounded edge dorsally.

Female holotype: length of body 2.4mm.

Scape yellowish-brown with dorsal edge dark brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Head with frons and vertex metallic greenish-blue, scrobes blackish and clypeus dark brown. Thoracic dorsum metallic greenish-blue. Legs with fore and mid coxae dark brown with metallic greenish-blue tinges, hind coxa metallic greenish-blue; trochanters dark brown; fore and mid femora dark brown with apex yellowish-brown, hind femur black with metallic tinges and apex yellowish-brown; tibiae yellowish-brown; T1–3 yellowish-brown, T4 dark brown. Petiole black. Gaster with Gt 1 metallic blue with posterior margin golden-purple, Gt 2-4 golden-purple, Gt 5 metallic greenish-blue with medio-apical part golden-purple, Gt 6-7 metallic greenish-blue; gonoplac black.

Antenna with solid clava. Frons with strong reticulation, clypeus smooth and scrobes with weak reticulation; with genal carina. Vertex with strong reticulation.

Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with strong reticulation; midlobe of mesoscutum with ten adnotaular setae in a ±double row. Mesoscutellum with submedian grooves hardly discernible, without median groove; anterior pair of setae placed in the middle of mesoscutellum. Dorsellum with strong reticulation. Propodeum with a complete but short median carina, posterior part split into an inverted “Y” and with anterior part raised into a tooth; with strong reticulation; callus with two setae. Fore and hind coxae with strong reticulation, mid coxa with weak reticulation; hind coxa with a strong and complete carina along posterior margin. Fore wing with three setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; speculum open below and towards base of wing; costal setal row unbroken.

Petiole small, conical and smooth. Gaster elongate; all tergites with strong reticulation; medio-basal Gt 1 with a rounded edge dorsally.

Relative measurements: head length, dorsal view 21; head length, frontal view 37; POL 11; OOL 6; lateral ocellus diameter 4; head width 47; mouth width 14; malar space 12; eye length 21; scape length 17; scape width 4; pedicel+flagellum length 45; pedicel length 8,5; pedicel width, dorsal view 3,5; F1 length 7; F1 width 4; F2 length 7; F2 width 4,5; F3 length 6,5; F3 width 5; clava length 15; clava width 6; C3 length 4,5; spicule length 1; mesosoma length 62; mesosoma width 47; midlobe of mesoscutum length 27; mesoscutellum length 25; mesoscutellum width 24; median part of mesoscutellum width (measured medially) na; median part of mesoscutellum, width in anterior part na; median part of mesoscutellum, width in posterior part na; lateral part of mesoscutellum, width (measured medially) na; dorsellum length 1,5; propodeum length 8; costal cell length 34; costal cell width (measured at widest part) 2; marginal vein length 34; stigmal vein length 12; gaster length 113; gaster width 36; Gt 2 length (measured medially) 4; Gt 4 length (measured medially) 18; Gt 7 length (measured medially) 14; Gt 7 width (measured at base) 14; longest cercal seta length 12; shortest cercal seta length 7.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Material examined. Holotype ♀ COSTA RICA, Cartago, La Cangreja , 1950m, iii-v.1992, P. Hanson ( NHMUK).

Figures

Figs 160–163. Galeopsomyia miopis, holotype ♀ – (160) habitus dorsal view; (161) habitus lateral view. Galeopsomyia mogensenae, holotype ♀ – (162) habitus dorsal view; (163) habitus lateral view.