Promicrogaster naomiduarteae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault, 2016

Fernandez-Triana, Jose, Boudreault, Caroline, Dapkey, Tanya, Smith, M. Alex, Rodriguez, J., Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel H., 2016, 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, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 50, pp. 25-79 : 51-52

Promicrogaster naomiduarteae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. n.

Figs 123-128

Holotype.

Female, CNC. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Cerro Pedregal, 1080m, 10.92767, -85.47449. DNA Voucher code: DHJPAR0031409.

Paratype.

1♀ (CNC), same locality as holotype. DNA voucher code: DHJPAR0031404.

Description.

Head: mostly black, labrum and mandibles light brown. Flagellomeres: dark brown. Mesosoma: black. Tegula: brown. Metasoma (dorsally): black to dark brown. Metacoxa: mostly black to dark brown (posterior 0.1-0.2 yellow). Malar distance: less than 0.2 × eye length. Fore wing areolet: absent. T1 sculpture: anterior 0.5 sculptured, posterior 0.5 sculptured. T2 sculpture: mostly sculptured, except for smooth central area. Ocular-ocellar line: 0.11-0.14 mm. Interocellar distance: 0.07-0.09 mm. Posterior ocellus diameter: 0.06 mm. Body length: 2.33-2.39 mm. Fore wing length: 2.31-2.47 mm. Ovipositor length: 1.41-1.92 mm. Metacoxa length: 0.47-0.53 mm. Metafemur length: 0.52-0.61 mm. Metatibia length: 0.66-0.79 mm. T1 length/width at posterior margin: 0.24-0.30 mm/ 0.16-0.18 mm. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.08-0.10 mm/ 0.32-0.34 mm.

Distribution. Known only from the holotype locality in ACG, cloud forest, Costa Rica.

Etymology.

Promicrogaster naomiduarteae is named in honor of 11-year-old Naomi Duarte Cerdas from the Huacas school for her growing enthusiasm for understanding and protecting the wild nature that occurs in her homeland.

Figures

Figures 123 - 128. Promicrogaster naomiduarteae sp. n. holotype.