Apanteles ronaldzunigai 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 : 277-278

Apanteles ronaldzunigai Fernandez-Triana sp. n. Fig. 200

Apanteles Rodriguez24 ( Smith et al. 2006). Interim name provided by the authors.

Type locality.

COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, ACG, Sector Santa Rosa, Cafetal, 280m, 10.85827, -85.61089.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. DHJPAR0005285. 2. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste: Area de Conservacion Guanacaste: Santa Rosa: Cafetal, 07/23/1992: gusaneros. 3. 92-SRNP-3778, Urbanus dorantes, Desmodium distortum.

Paratypes.

7 ♀, 8 ♂ (BMNH, CNC, INBIO, INHS, NMNH). COSTA RICA: ACG database code: 92-SRNP-3788, 92-SRNP-4386, 93-SRNP-6245.

Description.

Female. Metatibia color (outer face): with extended pale coloration (light yellow to orange–yellow), ranging from 0.4 to almost entire metatibia length. 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: 2.3-2.4. Mediotergite 1 maximum width/width at posterior margin: 1.4-1.5. Ovipositor sheaths length/metafemur length: 0.9 or 1.0. Ovipositor sheaths length/metatibia length: 0.7 or 0.8.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 9 <in my NJ tree from bold, there are only three R24 specimens called that, and the others are parked in R23 barcode compliant sequences: 2.

Biology /ecology.

Gregarious. Hosts: Hesperiidae , Astraptes alardus , Urbanus dorantes .

Distribution.

Costa Rica, ACG.

Etymology.

We dedicate this species to Ronald Zúñiga in recognition of his diligent efforts for the ACG Programa de Parataxónomos, and Hymenoptera curatorial taxonomy for INBio, Costa Rica’s Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, and for ACG.