Alphomelon arecaphile Deans, 2003

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Shimbori, Eduardo M., Whitfield, James B., Penteado-Dias, Angelica M., Shaw, Scott R., Boudreault, Caroline, Sones, Jayme, Perez, Kate, Brown, Allison, Manjunath, Ramya, Burns, John M., Hebert, P. D. N., Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnifred & Janzen, Daniel H., 2023, A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Alphomelon Mason with the description of 30 new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), ZooKeys 1175, pp. 5-162 : 5

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1175.105068
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D7BCD6CE-4E8C-4664-BBB9-F0D6CEB60FB4
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scientific name	Alphomelon arecaphile Deans, 2003
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Distribution.

Brazil (PA), Costa Rica (ACG); collected in intermediate altitude rainforest sites.

Biology.

Gregarious, reared from Carystoides basoches and Synale cynaxa .

DNA barcoding.

BINBOLD:AAB1086.

Other specimens examined.

(14 females, 4 males). DHJPAR0050978, CNC1802029, CNC1802030, CNC1802031, CNC1802032, CNC1802033, CNC1802034, CNC1802035, CNC1802036, DHJPAR0053712, DHJPAR0026445, DHJPAR0047100, CNC280512, CNC704668, CNC704667, CNC704664, CNC704665, CNC704666.

Notes.

This species was keyed out by Deans et al. (2003) in an incorrect way, as it has one spine on the tarsal claws but it was keyed out through the second half of their couplet 11, which stated "tarsal claws with 2-4 spines" ( Deans et al. 2003: 7). Here we have keyed out the species based on the correct assessment of this character. A few specimens may have some veins in the fore wing more pale in color, but otherwise they fit very well with the rest of the characters (including biology, molecular and other morphological features).