Lagavula gauldi, 2002

Sime, Karen R. & Wahl, David B., 2002, The cladistics and biology of the Callajoppa genus-group (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134 (1), pp. 1-56 : 29

LAGAVULA GAULDI WAHL & SIME , SP. N.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other members of the Callajoppa genus-group by the characters given above in the generic description of Lagavula , and from the other species in the genus by the following combination of characters: ventral 0.5 of mesopleuron with punctures on polished surface, punctures separated by about 1–2¥ their diameter (vs. ventral 0.5 with closely spaced vertical rugae); areola present albeit weakly defined; base of propodeum strongly elevated; predominately brownish yellow colour of body; banded fore wing ( Fig. 73 ).

Female. Structure. Ventral 0.5 of mesopleuron with punctures on polished surface, punctures separated by about 1–2¥ their diameter. Areola present albeit weakly defined. Base of propodeum strongly elevated. Other characters as in generic description. Colour. Overall colour brownish yellow. Following areas fuscous/black: two parallel stripes on supraclypeal area; supra-antennal area; vertex; dorsal 0.7 of gena and region bordering eye; dorsal 0.4 of occiput; antenna; pronotum except for extreme posterior ventral corner; mesoscutum; scutellum except for apical 0.2; mesopleuron except for posterior 0.5 of hypoepimeron, ventral 0.5 of epicnemium, and ventral posterior corner; hind leg except for basal 0.7 of coxa and apical 0.5 of femur (except for extreme apex); apical 0.2 of T3, and T4-6; S4-6. Fore and hind legs with following dark brown: ovoid near apex of posterior face of femur, tarsomeres 2–4 of fore leg, and middle tarsus. Ground colour of wings light yellow: fore wing with two dark brown bands ( Fig. 73 ), hind wing with extreme apex dark brown. Length. 17.9 mm; fore wing 14.9 mm.

Male. Structure. As in female. Colour. As in female except: supraclypeal area, with exception of paraocular area, can be fuscous to dark brown; fuscous of mesopleuron can be restricted to dorsal 0.5, leaving epicnemium entirely brownish yellow; S4 brownish yellow. Length. 15.2–17.9 mm; fore wing 13.4–14.9 mm.

Type material. Holotype ♀, COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Orosi, Estación Maritza, Lambert coord. 326900–373000, 600 m 1990, ‘ INBIO CRI000713326 ’ [ INBC]. Condition of holotype: intact except left antenna broken beyond flagellomere 3, and right antenna broken beyond flagellomere 12 . Paratypes: COSTA RICA, 1 ♂, same data as holotype except collected viii.1990 ‘ INBIO CRI000289722 ’ [ INBC] ; 1 ♂, Guanacaste: Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Agua Buena, Lambert coord. 334900–364100, 220 m, ex Aleuron iphis (host larva collected 14.xi.1994, wasp emerged from host pupa 31.xii.1994), ‘94-SRNP-10018’ (Janzen) [ AEIC] .

Etymology. Named after Ian Gauld, ichneumonologist of the first rank.

Figures

Figures 72–73. (72) Charmedia chavarriai, fore and hind wings. (73) Lagavula gauldi, fore wing.