Promicrogaster fabiancastroi 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 : 40-41

Promicrogaster fabiancastroi Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. n.

Figs 51-56

Holotype.

Female, CNC. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Arenales, 1080m, 10.92471, -85.46738. DNA Voucher code: DHJPAR0031313.

Paratype.

1♀ (CNC), same locality as holotype. DNA voucher code: DHJPAR0031314.

Description.

Head: mostly black, labrum and mandibles light brown to yellow. Flagellomeres: dark brown. Mesosoma: black. Tegula: brown. Metasoma (dorsally): black to dark brown. Metacoxa: mostly black to dark brown (posterior 0.1-0.2 yellow). Malar distance: less than 0.2 × eye length. Fore wing areolet: absent. T1 sculpture: mostly sculptured. T2 sculpture: mostly sculptured, except for smooth central area. Ocular-ocellar line: 0.08-0.10 mm. Interocellar distance: 0.08 mm. Posterior ocellus diameter: 0.05 mm. Body length: 1.98-2.14 mm. Fore wing length: 2.23-2.25 mm. Ovipositor length: 1.40-1.57 mm. Metacoxa length: 0.45-0.47 mm. Metafemur length: 0.52-0.56 mm. Metatibia length: 0.65-0.69 mm. T1 length/width at posterior margin: 0.24-0.27 mm/ 0.11 mm. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.06-0.07 mm/ 0.27-0.29 mm.

Distribution.

Known only from the holotype locality in ACG, cloud forest, Costa Rica.

Etymology.

Promicrogaster fabiancastroi is named in honor of 8-year-old Fabián Castro Gutiérrez from Educarte school for his growing enthusiasm for understanding and protecting the wild nature that occurs in his homeland.

Figures

Figures 51 - 56. Promicrogaster fabiancastroi sp. n. holotype.