Promicrogaster tracyvindasae 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 : 57-59

Promicrogaster tracyvindasae Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. n.

Figs 154-159

Holotype.

Female, CNC. COSTA RICA, Alajuela, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Rincón Rain Forest, Vado Rio Francia, 400m, 10.90093, -85.28915. DNA Voucher code: DHJPAR0025529.

Paratypes.

1♀, 1♂ (CNC), Costa Rica, Alajuela, ACG, Sector San Cristobal, Potrero Argentina, 520m, 10.89021, -85.38803; 1♀ (CNC), Costa Rica, Braulio Carrillo National Park, 500m, 10.10, -84.07; 1♀ (CNC), Costa Rica, San Vito, Las Cruces. DNA voucher codes: CNCHYM 01515, DHJPAR0025572, DHJPAR0025660.

Description.

Head: mostly black, labrum and mandibles yellow to orange-brown. Flagellomeres: dark brown to black. Mesosoma color: black. Tegula: yellow. Metasoma (dorsally): black to dark brown. Metacoxa: orange-yellow. Malar distance: less than 0.2 × eye length. Fore wing areolet: present. T1 sculpture: anterior 05. Smooth, posterior 0.5 sculptured. T2 sculpture: mostly sculptured, except for smooth central area. Ocular-ocellar line: 0.13-0.14 mm. Interocellar distance: 0.08-0.10 mm. Posterior ocellus diameter: 0.08 mm. Body length: 3.61-3.93 mm. Fore wing length: 3.57-4.08 mm. Ovipositor length: 2.50-2.96 mm. Metacoxa length: 0.82-0.90 mm. Metafemur length: 0.89-1.03 mm. Metatibia length: 1.04-1.29 mm. T1 length/width at posterior margin: 0.50-0.55 mm/ 0.30-0.32 mm. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.10-0.14 mm/ 0.45-0.58 mm.

Distribution.

Costa Rica, mid-elevation rain forest.

Etymology.

Promicrogaster tracyvindasae is named in honor of 11-year-old Tracy Johana Vindas Espinoza from the Huacas school for her growing enthusiasm for understanding and protecting the wild nature that occurs in her homeland.

Figures

Figures 154 - 159. Promicrogaster tracyvindasae sp. n. holotype.