Caldencyrtus antander Noyes & Hanson, 1996

Noyes, John Stuart, 2023, ENCYRTIDAE OF COSTA RICA (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), 4 Subfamily Encyrtinae: tribes Arrhenophagini, Habrolepidini, Cerapterocerini, Cheiloneurini, Trechnitini, Cercobelini, Polaszekiini, Protyndarichoidini, Gahaniellini and Syrphophagini (part), mainly primary parasitoids and hyperparasitoids of Coccoidea and Psylloidea (Hemiptera), Taxonomic Monographs on Neotropical Hymenoptera (Oxford, England) 2 (11), pp. 1-921 : 633-634

Caldencyrtus antander Noyes & Hanson

(Figs 1,1733-1738; Hab. E 255, G 256)

Caldencyrtus antander Noyes & Hanson, 1996 :116,118. Holotype E, Costa Rica, NHMUK, examined.

DIAGNOSIS. Female (length about 2.2-2.6mm): antennal scape dark brown ( Fig. 1); scutellum uniform dull metallic dark green and purple; fore tibia dark brown in basal half, pale orange distally; mid femur dark brown; mid and hind tibiae dark brown proximally and pale orange in apical half; eye separated from occipital margin by about diameter of facet, occipital margin sharp at nearest point to eye; vertex with a broadly oval, shiny bottomed depression adjacent to eye, slightly smaller than diameter of posterior ocellus and a little behind it; frontovertex with inconspicuous, shallow, piliferous punctures; antenna ( Fig. 1) with pedicel a little more than 2X as long as broad, F1 subequal in length and width of pedicel and about 2X as long as broad; F6 about 1.3X as long as broad; flagellum slightly longer than head width; mid tibial spur about as long as basitarsus; fore wing with venation and distribution of setae as in Figs 1733, 1735; mesopleuron extending slightly past posterior margin of propodeum; propodeum with a short, truncate tooth posteriorly above hind coxa, area between tooth and spiracle convex not depressed; gaster at least about as long as head and thorax combined; syntergum at least about as long as mid tibia; hypopygium (Fig. 1738) with posterior margin quite strongly incised, the incised part about 0.75X mid tibial spur; ovipositor more than 1.5X as long as mid tibia, about 1.8X as long a syntergum and nearly 4X as long as gonostylus. Male (length about 1.8-2.0mm): antenna (Fig. 1737) with F1 at least about 2.5X as long as broad, slightly narrower than pedicel, at most with about 10 longitudinal sensilla, each of which is about 0.2X as long as segment; dorsal view of mesosoma Fig. 1736; aedeagus (Fig. 1734) with pores separated from apex by about 3X their own diameters, apex very acute; setae on each side of phallobase separated by at least about 2.5X the diameters of their own sockets.

DISTRIBUTION. Costa Rica.

HOSTS. Reared from galls formed by Trioza Förster magnoliae group ( Hemiptera : Triozidae ) on leaves of Cinnamomum hammelianum (W.C. Burger) ( Laurales : Lauraceae ) ( Noyes & Hanson, 1996).

MATERIAL EXAMINED.

Type material. Holotype E: COSTA RICA, Alajuela, Volcan Poas, 2400m, Volcan Poas, 2400m, Cinnamomum cinnamomifolia leaf gall, Trioza sp. magnoliae group (as? Trioza anceps ), 4.iii.1994 (P. Hanson, C. Godoy). Paratypes: COSTA RICA, 1E, Alajuela, PN Volcan Poas, ex psyllid gall on Lauraceae , 2500m, 25.x.1990 (P. Hanson); 1G, Alajuela, Volcan Poas, ex triozid gall on leaf of Phoebe cinnamomifolia , i/ ii.1995 (P. Hanson); 1E, Cartago, La Cangreja, 1950m, vii.1991 (P. Hanson, C. Godoy); 1E, Cartago, La Cangreja, 1950m, v.1991 (P. Hanson); 1E, Cartago, La Cangreja, 9°48’N 83°58’W, 1950m, v./ vii.1992 (P. Hanson). Holotype and paratypes in NHMUK.

Non type material. COSTA RICA, 1E, Heredia, 6km ENE Vara Blanca, 10°11’N 84°07’W, 2000m, 20/M/TN, iii.2002 (INBio-OET-ALAS). Material in MZUCR .