Apanteles luzmariaromeroae 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 : 218-219

Apanteles luzmariaromeroae Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Fig. 194

Apanteles Rodriguez38 ( Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the authors.

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Cacao, Estación Cacao, 1150m, 10.92691, -85.46822.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0005310.

Paratypes.

20 ♀, 12 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA, ACG database codes: DHJPAR0001563, DHJPAR0002978, DHJPAR0005203, DHJPAR0005216.

Description.

Female. Metatibia color (outer face): entirely or mostly (>0.7 metatibia length) dark brown to black, with yellow to white coloration usually restricted to anterior 0.2 or less. Fore wing veins color: veins C+Sc+R and R1 with brown coloration restricted narrowly to borders, interior area of those veins and pterostigma (and sometimes veins r, 2RS and 2M) transparent or white; other veins mostly transparent. 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 length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.1-2.2 mm or 2.3-2.4 mm. Fore wing length: 2.3-2.4 mm or 2.5-2.6 mm. Metafemur length/width: 2.8-2.9, 3.0-3.1 or 3.2-3.3. Mediotergite 1 length/width at posterior margin: 2.7-2.8. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin: 1.6-1.7. Ovipositor sheaths length/metafemur length: 1.2 or 1.3. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 1.0 or 1.1.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 5, barcode compliant sequences: 3.

Biology/ecology.

Gregarious. Host: Hesperiidae , Codatractus imalena .

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Luz María Romero in recognition of his unwavering support for conservation in Costa Rica, for the founding of ACG, and for the administration of Costa Rica’s Paz con la Naturaleza initiative.