Apanteles luisgaritai Fernandez-Triana

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Whitfield, James B., Rodriguez, Josephine J., Smith, M. Alex, Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie D., Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Burns, John M., Solis, M. Alma, Brown, John, Cardinal, Sophie, Goulet, Henri & Hebert, Paul D. N., 2014, Review of Apantelessensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to all described species from Mesoamerica, ZooKeys 383, pp. 1-565 : 212-214

Apanteles luisgaritai Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Figs 139, 295

Apanteles Rodriguez82 ( Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the authors.

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Alajuela, ACG, Sector San Cristobal, Rio Blanco Abajo, 500m, 10.90037, -85.37254.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. COSTA RICA, Alajuela, ACG, Sector San Cristobal, Rio Blanco Abajo, 18.vi.2007, 500m, 10.90037, -85.37254, DHJPAR0020137.

Paratypes.

5 ♀, 2 ♂ (CNC, NMNH). COSTA RICA: ACG database codes: DHJPAR0005163, DHJPAR0039012, DHJPAR0039035, DHJPAR0039739, DHJPAR0039742, DHJPAR0039749, DHJPAR0039770.

Description.

Female. Body color: head pale, mesosoma extensively pale (anteromesoscutum and scutellar disc). Antenna color: scape, pedicel, and flagellum dark. Coxae color (pro-, meso-, metacoxa): pale, pale, partially pale/partially dark. Femora color (pro-, meso-, metafemur): mostly dark but anterior 0.2 pale, mostly dark but anterior 0.2 pale, anteriorly pale/posteriorly dark. Tibiae color (pro-, meso-, metatibia): mostly dark but anterior 0.2 pale, mostly dark but anterior 0.2 pale, anteriorly pale/posteriorly dark. Tegula and humeral complex color: both pale. Pterostigma color: dark. Fore wing veins color: mostly dark (a few veins may be unpigmented). Antenna length/body length: antenna about as long as body (head to apex of metasoma); if slightly shorter, at least extending beyond anterior 0.7 metasoma length. Body in lateral view: not distinctly flattened dorso–ventrally. Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 3.3-3.4 mm, 3.5-3.6 mm, rarely 3.1-3.2 mm. Fore wing length: 3.5-3.6 mm or 3.7-3.8 mm. Ocular–ocellar line/posterior ocellus diameter: 2.0-2.2. Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 1.4-1.6. Antennal flagellomerus 2 length/width: 2.3-2.5. Antennal flagellomerus 14 length/width: 1.4-1.6. Length of flagellomerus 2/length of flagellomerus 14: 2.0-2.2. Tarsal claws: with single basal spine–like seta. Metafemur length/width: 3.0-3.1. Metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length: 0.4-0.5. Anteromesoscutum: mostly with shallow, sparse punctures (separated by more than 2.0 × its maximum diameter). Mesoscutellar disc: mostly smooth. Number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus: 5 or 6. Maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum: 0.2-0.3. Propodeum areola: completely defined by carinae, including transverse carina extending to spiracle. Propodeum background sculpture: mostly sculptured. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 3.5-3.7. Mediotergite 1 shape: mostly parallel–sided for 0.5-0.7 of its length, then narrowing posteriorly so mediotergite anterior width>1.1 × posterior width. Mediotergite 1 sculpture: mostly sculptured, excavated area centrally with transverse striation inside and/or a polished knob centrally on posterior margin of mediotergite. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin/length: 3.2-3.5. Mediotergite 2 sculpture: mostly smooth. Outer margin of hypopygium: with a wide, medially folded, transparent, semi–desclerotized area; usually with 4 or more pleats. Ovipositor thickness: about same width throughout its length. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length: 0.8-0.9. Length of fore wing veins r/2RS: 2.0-2.2. Length of fore wing veins 2RS/2M: 1.1-1.3. Length of fore wing veins 2M/(RS+M)b: 0.7-0.8. Pterostigma length/width: 3.6 or more. Point of insertion of vein r in pterostigma: clearly beyond half way point length of pterostigma. Angle of vein r with fore wing anterior margin: clearly outwards, inclined towards fore wing apex. Shape of junction of veins r and 2RS in fore wing: distinctly but not strongly angled.

Male. As in female.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 16, barcode compliant sequences: 15.

Biology /ecology.

Solitary (Fig. 295). Hosts: Crambidae , Desmia octomaculalis , Desmia benealisDHJ02, Desmia BioLep02, Desmia BioLep06, Desmia ploralisDHJ03, Desmia Solis19, Trichaea pilicornis .

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Comments.

This species is characterized by its orange head and mesosternum, metasoma fully black, and propodeal areola closed basally and with transverse carinae reaching spiracles.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Luis Garita in recognition of his diligent efforts for the ACG Programa de Sectores.