Euplectrus wonyoungchoi Hansson

Hansson, Christer, Smith, M. Alex, Janzen, Daniel H. & Hallwachs, Winnie, 2015, Integrative taxonomy of New World Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with focus on 55 new species from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, ZooKeys 485, pp. 1-236 : 84-85

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Eulophidae

Euplectrus wonyoungchoi Hansson sp. n. Figures 28, 349-352, 356-358, 786

Material.

Holotype a female labeled "COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Cuestona, 26.ix.2011, C. Moraga, ex Elaphria Poole08 eating unidentified Lejeuneaceae , sibling of wasp DHJPAR0048229, 11-SRNP-32964" (BMNH). Paratypes: 4♀ with same label data as holotype (CNC, INBio, USNM).

Diagnosis.

Lower face black (Fig. 350); mandibles dark brown; fore and mid legs with coxae yellowish-white, femora, tibiae and tarsi yellowish-brown; hind leg with coxa black, femur yellowish-brown with apical ⅓ pale brown, tibia and tarsus yellowish-brown (Fig. 349); petiole 0.9 × as long as wide; gaster with anterior ½ yellowish-brown with wide dark brown lateral edges, posterior ½ dark brown (Fig. 351).

Description.

Female. Length of body 1.9 mm. Antenna with scape yellowish-white, pedicel yellowish-brown, flagellum dark brown (Fig. 352). Mandibles dark brown and palpi yellowish-white. Head including lower face black and shiny (Fig. 350). Frons close to eyes with two rows of setae (Fig. 356). Vertex smooth and shiny (Fig. 357). Occipital margin with a carina behind ocellar triangle (Fig. 357).

Mesosoma black and shiny (Fig. 349). Scutellum 1.0 × as long as wide; with very weak reticulation, partly smooth (Fig. 358). Dorsellum along anterior margin with a deep groove (Fig. 786), groove medially 0.4 × as long as length of dorsellum. Propodeum smooth and shiny (Fig. 786); anteromedially with short and wide semicircular cup that is strongly raised in posterior part; propodeal callus with ten setae. Legs (Fig. 349): fore and mid legs with coxae yellowish-white, femora, tibiae and tarsi yellowish-brown; hind leg with coxa black, femur yellowish-brown with apical ⅓ pale brown, tibia and tarsus yellowish-brown. Fore wing: costal cell with two rows of setae on ventral surface, and margin with five setae in apical ½; with 13 admarginal setae.

Gaster with anterior ½ yellowish-brown with wide dark brown lateral edges, posterior ½ dark brown (Fig. 351).

Ratios. HE/MS/WM = 2.1/1.0/1.3; POL/OOL/POO = 8.0/4.2/1.0; OOL/DO = 1.1; WE/WF/WH/HH = 1.0/2.5/4.6/3.4; WH/WT = 1.0; PM/ST = 1.8; TS1/TS2/LT/LT1/LT2/LT3/LT4 = 4.4/2.5/6.5/2.5/1.5/1.0/1.5; LP/WP = 0.9; MM/LG = 1.0.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts and biology.

Feeding on third instar larva of Elaphria Poole08 ( Noctuidae ) feeding on unidentified Lejeuneaceae , parasitoid cocoons stuck to dead larva and substrate.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (Guanacaste Province).

Etymology.

This species is named after Won-Young Choi, in recognition of his contribution to the understanding of ACG Hymenoptera taxonomy.