Heterospilus angelicae Marsh

Marsh, Paul M., Wild, Alexander L. & Whitfield, James B., 2013, The Doryctinae (Braconidae) of Costa Rica: genera and species of the tribe Heterospilini, ZooKeys 347, pp. 1-474 : 312-313

Heterospilus angelicae Marsh sp. n. Figure 208

Female.

Body size: 3.0-3.5 mm. Color: body dark brown, apical metasomal terga lighter brown to yellow; scape light brown without lateral brown stripe, flagellum brown; wing veins including stigma brown; legs yellow. Head: vertex smooth; frons smooth; face smooth; temple in dorsal view broad, slightly bulging behind eye, width equal to 1/2 eye width; malar space greater than 1/4 eye height; ocell-ocular distance about 2.5 times diameter of lateral ocellus; 23-27 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: mesoscutal lobes granulate; notauli scrobiculate, meeting posteriorly in triangular rugose-costate area; scutellum weakly granulate; prescutellar furrow with 3 cross carinae, often with median carina strongest; mesopleuron smooth; precoxal sulcus scrobiculate, nearly as long as mesopleuron, at least with short carinae extending to posterior margin of mesopleuron; venter smooth; propodeum with basal median areas margined, granulate, basal median carina present, areola not margined, areolar area rugose, lateral areas entirely rugose. Wings: fore wing vein r about as long as vein 3RSa, vein 1cu-a beyond vein 1M; hind wing vein SC+R absent, vein M+CU longer than vein 1M. Metasoma: first tergum longitudinally costate, rugose medially; second tergum longitudinally costate; anterior transverse groove present, straight; posterior transverse groove present; third tergum entirely smooth; terga 4-7 smooth; ovipositor as long as metasoma.

Holotype female.

Top label (white, printed) - Costa Rica: San Jose [;] Zurqui de Moravia [;] 1600m, v 1992 [;] Col. Paul Hanson; second label (red, partially printed and hand written) - HOLOTYPE [;] Heterospilus [;] angelicae [;] P. Marsh. Deposited in ESUW.

Paratypes.

3 ♀♀, same data as holotype with additional date of III-1995 (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: [;] Guanacaste [;] Estac. Mengo [;] SW Volcan Cacao [;] 1100m, 1988-1989 (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: Limon, ACLAC [;] Central, R.B. Hitoy Cerere [;] Estac. Hitoy Cerere, #52757 [;] Send, Tomade Agua, 100m [;] 17. iv– 8.v.1999, F. Umana [;] L.N. 184600-643400 [;] Malaise trap (ESUW). 1 ♀, Costa Rica: San Jose [;] Cerro de la Muerte [;] 2km W Empalme [;] 2300m, February 1995 [;] P. Hanson, Malaise (ESUW). 1 ♀, COSTA RICA: San Jose [;] Zurqui de Moravia [;] ix-x.1993 1600m [;] P. Hanson (TAMU).

Comments.

The smooth mesopleuron, longer ovipositor, broad temple and brown flagellum are distinctive for this species.

Etymology.

Named for my friend and fellow braconidologist, Angelica Penteado-Dias.