Promicrogaster monteverdensis 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 : 48-49

Promicrogaster monteverdensis Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. n.

Figs 111-116

Holotype.

Female, CNC. COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Monteverde. Holotype labels: COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Monteverde, v.1990, D. Goulet, FIT [Flight Interception Trap], cloud forest. Voucher code: CNC 483494

Paratype.

1♀ (CNC), Costa Rica, Alajuela, ACG, Sector San Cristobal, Bosque Trampa Malaise, 815m, 10.86280, -85.38460. DNA voucher code: DHJPAR0025917.

Description.

Head: mostly black, labrum and mandibles yellow to light brown. Flagellomeres: dark brown. Mesosoma: black. Tegula: dark brown to black. Metasoma (dorsally): black to dark brown. Metacoxa: orange-yellow. Malar distance: less than 0.2 × eye length. Fore wing areolet: present. T1 sculpture: mostly sculptured. T2 sculpture: mostly sculptured, except for smooth central area. Ocular-ocellar line: 0.10-0.11 mm. Interocellar distance: 0.08-0.10 mm. Posterior ocellus diameter: 0.06 mm. Body length: 3.18-3.19 mm. Fore wing length: 2.95-3.34 mm. Ovipositor length: 2.60-2.96 mm. Metacoxa length: 0.60-0.70 mm. Metafemur length: 0.73-0.82 mm. Metatibia length: 0.92-1.05 mm. T1 length/width at posterior margin: 0.27-0.35 mm/ 0.18-0.24 mm. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.09-1.00 mm/ 0.39-0.45 mm.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, mid-elevation rain forest in Monteverde and ACG.

Etymology.

Named after the type locality, Monteverde.

Figures

Figures 111 - 116. Promicrogaster monteverdensis sp. n. holotype.