Euplectrus josefernandezi Hansson

Hansson, Christer, Smith, M. Alex, Janzen, Daniel H. & Hallwachs, Winnie, 2015, Integrative taxonomy of New World Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with focus on 55 new species from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, ZooKeys 485, pp. 1-236 : 61-62

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Eulophidae

Euplectrus josefernandezi Hansson sp. n. Figures 32-33, 410-416, 421-423, 768

Material.

Holotype a female labeled "COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, ACG, Sector San Cristobal, Quebrada Cementerio, 18.vi.2007, G. Sihezar, ex Euglyphis jessiehillae eating Nectandra hihua , sibling of wasp DHJPAR0028908, 07-SRNP-2713" (BMNH). PARATYPES: 83♀ 7♂: COSTA RICA (ACG): Guanacaste: Sector San Cristobal: 42♀ 5♂ with same label data as holotype (BMNH, CNC, INBio, MZLU, MIUCR, USNM); Sendero Pinyal, 17.vi.2006, O. Espinoza, ex Euglyphis jessiehillae eating Nectandra hihua , sibling of wasp DHJPAR0028874, 06-SRNP-4798 (41♀ 2♂, in BMNH, CNC, INBio, MIUCR, USNM).

Diagnosis.

Lower face medially very dark reddish-brown - almost black (female, Fig. 411), or yellowish-brown (male, Fig. 412), pale area reaching to level of middle of toruli; legs yellowish-brown to yellowish-white (Fig. 410); petiole 1.0 × as long as wide; female gaster dark brown, anterior ½ with a narrow pale brown spot (Fig. 413), in male with pale spot wider, with dark brown lateral margins (Fig. 414); male antenna with scape slightly expanded and widest in the middle, 3.5 × as long as wide (Fig. 416).

Description.

Female. Length of body 2.1 mm. Antenna with scape and pedicel yellowish-brown, flagellomere 1 pale brown, 2-6 dark brown (Fig. 415). Mandibles and palpi yellowish-white. Head black and shiny, lower face medially very dark reddish-brown - almost black, parts between pale area and eyes black (Fig. 411). Frons close to eyes with one row of setae (Fig. 421). Vertex smooth (Fig. 422). Occipital margin with a carina (Fig. 422).

Mesosoma black and shiny (Fig. 410). Each sidelobe of mesoscutum with eight setae. Scutellum 1.0 × as long as wide; with weak engraved reticulation (Fig. 423). Dorsellum along anterior margin with a narrow groove that is divided by longitudinal carinae (Fig. 768), groove medially 0.3 × as long as length of dorsellum. Propodeum with very weak reticulation (Fig. 768); anteromedially with a triangular cup that has posterior part strongly raised and distinctly higher than anterior part; propodeal callus with nine setae. Legs yellowish-brown (Fig. 410). Fore wing: costal cell with one complete row of setae on ventral surface, and margin with three setae close to marginal vein; with 15 admarginal setae, in one row.

Gaster dark brown, anterior ½ with a narrow yellowish-brown spot (Fig. 413).

Ratios. HE/MS/WM = 1.8/1.0/1.2; POL/OOL/POO = 3.6/2.4/1.0; OOL/DO = 1.3; WE/WF/WH/HH = 1.0/3.0/5.1/3.6; WH/WT = 1.2; PM/ST = 1.4; TS1/TS2/LT/LT1/LT2/LT3/LT4 = 4.5/2.8/6.8/2.8/1.5/1.0/1.5; LP/WP = 1.0; MM/LG = 1.1.

Male. Length of body 1.8 mm. Scape slightly expanded and widest in the middle (Fig. 416), sensory pores confined to apicoventral ¾, sensory area pale as scape. Otherwise similar to female except lower face with median part yellowish-brown (Fig. 412); fore and mid legs yellowish-white; gaster with pale spot wider, reaching to dark brown lateral margins (Fig. 414), and shorter.

Ratios. LC/WS = 3.5; MM/LG = 1.2.

Hosts and biology.

Feeding on penultimate instar larva of Euglyphis jessiehillae ( Lasiocampidae ) feeding on Nectandra hihua ( Lauraceae ), parasitoid cocoons stuck to leaf substrate.

Distribution.

Costa Rica (Guanacaste Province).

Etymology.

This species is named after Jose Fernandez-Triana, in recognition of his contribution to the understanding of ACG Hymenoptera taxonomy.